13 points

So in other words yet another thing that Linux already had for the past 20 years? Go on like this and in 50 years Microsoft might actually have a capable operating system.

Dump windows, Install Linux, stop paying Microsoft money for badly designed crap that will spy on you.

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This was the pipe dream for many many years now. Not the first time MS is talking about it either.

It’s a thing in the Linux world and it’s just too costly to support and therefore most user facing distros outright don’t support it.

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Orlly?

I’ve been using Linux desktop for a good 20 years now. All debian based distros (loads of them) do, all redhead based ones do, and those two together likely comprise the majority of distros.

I can’t remember the last time I rebooted my desktop (or servers, for what it matters) beyond a power outage in the office

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Your updates both do not apply kernel updates but also aren’t applying in general unless you are restarting all apps, services, and sessions. Basically just reboot.

Only servers administrated well do online updates correctly.

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Do you have kernel live patching enabled?

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I used to want this, but the latest updates of windows have all been so buggy. I’d prefer to not have this shit happen in mid usage. They once fucked up the search by accident and it was disrupting enough to my workflow until I found ways to disable the search being a default web search.

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It looks like it’s just security updates, not feature updates. So I would take this as a win. If a 0-day is discovered, being able to update systems to fix it without a restart is fantastic. I know plenty of people who avoid restarting their computer if they see the update icon in their system tray. If we are talking security, these people could be leaving themselves vulnerable for days/weeks. Being able to push security patches without restarts is a big win.

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My Windows98SE box isn’t getting updates anymore.

Do you have a fix for that?

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Can’t tell if you’re trolling or actually that stupid.

  • Event viewer does exactly what the label says, let’s you view things. In this case, logs.
  • Is your computer on, we won’t even touch the fact that’s 100% connected to a network, then it’s vulnerable.

Let’s assuming you’re just trolling though.

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I actually meant Group Policy Editor. Sometimes I make mistakes like that. I will not dive into how precisely I made the mistake.

Coming to your second point, of course it is vulnerable, but I meant it in a practical sense. I am not here to waste time debating, so I am leaving it at that.

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Haven’t everyone install linux yet?

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