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From: pothead <pothead@snakebite.com>
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Subject: Re: MacOS Sequoia vs. Linux Mint
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:26:46 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-20, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> Le 2024-12-19 à 19:37, chrisv a écrit :
>> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> 
>>>> some dumb fsck wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Pure horseshit.  It's extremely rare for Windows application installs or
>>>>> updates to require a reboot.
>>>
>>> Haw haw haw. Tell another knee-slapper, Doof.
>>>
>>> Every goddam update on my corporate laptop required one or more reboots.
>>>
>>> About the most one could do was delay the reboot.
>> 
>> It's extremely rare for Wintrolls to tell the truth.
>
> Yeah, it would be ridiculous to claim that Windows updates don't require 
> reboots. A lot of them don't, but the majority do. Applications tend not 
> to require a reboot though.
>
Most large updates do require a reboot.
I've been using Linux since 1997 and sure I have had some issues but in general they
get resolved quickly and tend to be minor like tossing an error message when starting a program
but the program functions fine after that.
Nothing is perfect.

From my personal experience Windows updates work rather well assuming the user is relatively
current on the latest or close to the latest updates.
Not updating for a year or so and expecting Windows to sort things out for a major update is
an exercise in potential failure.
The other issue I have run across is when people tweak the registry following instructions on the web.
So things like make popups quicker, disk quota and stuff like that tends to toss Windows updates
a curve ball.
Most times it works, but sometimes it gets confused.

Overall though, Linux wins the update contest.
Fast, efficient, all applications are updated and it generally works fine.
Windows can work fine assuming the system has been kept updated.
Fall behind and you are asking for trouble.

-- 
pothead

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