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On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 08:01:12 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:

> Actually, I would challenge Scotty the Hutt's accessment there. If you
> update daily, Linux is vastly superior to Windows in that area. However,
> if you're like my wife and reject updates months at a time, there is a
> great chance that you will damage your operating system the moment you
> decide to go through with them on the Linux side. Windows is generally
> better with seldom-used machines.

True. I usually update the Windows laptop after Patch Tuesday, the Fedora 
box every couple of days or there is a huge backlog. Ubuntu is much less 
intense and is the production Debian.

otoh we have clients using Windows Server that are very upset by downtime 
so they never patch. Then comes the fatal day when they ultimately have 
to. Five nines is a joke with Windows Server.