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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: MacOS Sequoia vs. Linux Mint
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 07:29:11 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-14, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 16:14:43 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> In all fairness my Fedora box is using an older kernel that what was 
> downloaded because I haven't rebooted in a month. The good part is since I 
> doubt there is any advantage for me with the new kernel I don't have to 
> reboot and the other applications are updated correctly.

Yeah. I like the way Fedora does that better than Ubuntu/Linux Mint. With 
them you get a "reboot required" message with some updates — even though you 
can ignore the message if you want to.

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