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On 2024-12-14, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> Le 2024-12-14 à 00:43, rbowman a écrit :
>> On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:07:11 -0500, DFS wrote:
>> 
>>> On 12/13/2024 10:40 AM, vallor wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's a lot easier to update Linux than Windows or MacOS.
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe, maybe not.
>>>
>>> The massive update to Win11 24H2 was a few mouse clicks.  Absolutely no
>>> other user input was required.
>> 
>> There is a GUI but I prefer command line.
>> 
>>> sudo dnf update --refreah
>> 
>> gets the job done. I do have to enter my password. It then tells me which
>> packages will be updated and their sizes and asks me if I want to
>> continue.
>> 
>> I did update two machines to 24H2 this week. I got to play several games
>> of Mahjong solitaire while checking back  'Downloading 3%', Downloading
>> 13%' and so forth, and then several mare with 'Installing 5%' etc. At the
>> end I had to restart. More games, 'Updating you computer..' Finally I was
>> able to log in.  'Hi! Getting things ready for you'
>> 
>> I have no idea what was updated although I probably could hunt down the
>> KB. The good news is it doesn't seem to have broken anything. I did a work
>> machine that I hardly ever use anymore and a laptop which is solely used
>> for accessing the corporate VPN so it wasn't a real stress test.
>> 
>> I suppose some day I'll move to Fedora 41 and Ubuntu 24.2 but if it ain't
>> broken...
>
> Like I just wrote in my previous post, the reason Windows did all that 
> is because it essentially installed a new copy of the operating system 
> on your computer and left the previous version on the disk in case there 
> is a problem so you can revert to it. Linux overwrites, Windows installs 
> anew. If I ran the operating system on a hard disk and had a slow 
> Internet connection, I'd absolutely hate Windows for doing that. Since I 
> don't, I appreciate the new installation which preserves all of my 
> programs and settings yet cleans out any crap I might have amassed on 
> the previous install.

There's no real comparison. The way Windows updates simply sucks. Maybe some 
day Microsoft will figure out how to do it right. But there's reasons why 
Linux can update WITHOUT rebooting and Windows can't. Windows is an inferior 
OS.

-- 
“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