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>Why update an app when you're in the middle of using the app? Updates are automatic every day. >I use Fedora, so I don't execute 'dnf update' until I'm ready
by swebs 8y ago
>Why update an app when you're in the middle of using the app?
Updates are automatic every day.
>I use Fedora, so I don't execute 'dnf update' until I'm ready to reboot the system, usually because I'm anticipating a kernel update
How often does that happen? It doesn't seem reasonable to put off security updates that have already been fixed and are simply waiting to install.
Firefox is the only program I've run into where automatic updates have led to a negative experience. Every single other program handles them just fine.
- johncolanduoni 8y agoThe reason it’s different is that it (like Chromium) runs a multi-process sandbox to try to isolate your system from vulnerabilities in the JS runtime or renderer. It’s possible to handle updates while new tabs are created gracefully in that case, but far from trivial.