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On 2024-12-14, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> Le 2024-12-14 à 00:39, Lawrence D'Oliveiro a écrit :
>> On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:07:11 -0500, DFS wrote:
>> 
>>> The massive update to Win11 24H2 was a few mouse clicks.
>> 
>> Over how many hours?
>
> It was probably much longer, but here is a fact you can't deny: when 
> Microsoft or Apple offer a large update like 24H2, they essentially 
> reinstall the operating system, make sure that existing software and 
> settings are properly transferred over and clean up whatever garbage the 
> previous installation had to provide a decent out-of-the-box experience. 
> When Linux does a big update, like an update after two weeks of not 
> using your computer, it basically just overwrites whatever is there and 
> hopes for the best. It might check a few things along the way to make 
> sure that it all works alright, but you often end up with broken 
> dependencies or configurations which require you to fix the system in 
> one way or another. Taking this into consideration, any smart human 
> being that's used both operating systems would rather the cleanup of 
> either Microsoft or Apple than the potential breakdown of Linux.

The biggest difference between  Linux and Windows' updates is that the 
Linux updates work but there's always a chance that the Windows' update will 
cause a BSOD. I've used Linux for about 18 years. Never once has an update 
caused a system failure — and I've had old computers that I didn't update 
for over a year.

To me the huge update (instead of a number of small ones, like Linux uses) 
is just asking for trouble. And after two weeks, Linux doesn't have "huge" 
updates. As mentioned above, I've gone much longer than two weeks and 
updates still take less than a couple minutes. Linux is definitely superior 
in how it updates. Not even close for Windows. This is one of the main 
reasons I like Linux.

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“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien