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what do you mean "not sure why force reboot is a concern"? It is one of the worst thing ever. I keep each one of my virtual desktops with various projects and r

by yulaow 5y ago

what do you mean "not sure why force reboot is a concern"? It is one of the worst thing ever. I keep each one of my virtual desktops with various projects and related ides/documentation on my linux laptop and I always keep it in standby (indeed right now htop tells me I have this laptop up since 136days). On windows it would randomly and terribly often reboot, even when asleep, because it seems in 2021 an os still need to fully reboot for minor patches WHEN IT wants to.

supernovae 5y ago
Microsoft patches on the second Tuesday of every month. It's been that way for years. If you are getting forced reboots with that much frequency, it's not because of Microsoft.
- yulaow 5y ago
  Microsoft just keep asking until it forces them or put them at "night hours" or while in standby in my bag so I can't refuse anymore because I am not even awake or conscious of what is happening. I want to be in control of the reboots of my own pc, can I? Is it so absurd to pretend it? It is already ridiculous that I even have to forcefully install updates even if I don't want to, and I won't accept the "yeah but unless they do this way no one is gonna install updates". Of course no one is... they ask for a reboot. Maybe just do something as simple as managing your updates so that the reboot is not needed? I never rebooted any of my linux boxes after an update since 2010 and never had a single problem because of it.
  - supernovae 5y ago
    Once a month you get asked to patch if you're using your computer during non active hours. Otherwise, it will reboot on its own during inactive hours. Or you know, if its the second tuesday of the month, when you go on lunch or go grab a snack, you can click update and restart - in Windows 11 the updates are usually slipstreamed and happen quickly. Rebooting once a month isn't a problem for anyone I know. My phones typically get 3+ major updates a year and a monthly update and reboots itself at night.

by yulaow 5y ago

supernovae 5y ago

Microsoft patches on the second Tuesday of every month. It's been that way for years. If you are getting forced reboots with that much frequency, it's not because of Microsoft.

yulaow 5y ago
Microsoft just keep asking until it forces them or put them at "night hours" or while in standby in my bag so I can't refuse anymore because I am not even awake or conscious of what is happening. I want to be in control of the reboots of my own pc, can I? Is it so absurd to pretend it? It is already ridiculous that I even have to forcefully install updates even if I don't want to, and I won't accept the "yeah but unless they do this way no one is gonna install updates". Of course no one is... they ask for a reboot. Maybe just do something as simple as managing your updates so that the reboot is not needed? I never rebooted any of my linux boxes after an update since 2010 and never had a single problem because of it.
- supernovae 5y ago
  Once a month you get asked to patch if you're using your computer during non active hours. Otherwise, it will reboot on its own during inactive hours. Or you know, if its the second tuesday of the month, when you go on lunch or go grab a snack, you can click update and restart - in Windows 11 the updates are usually slipstreamed and happen quickly. Rebooting once a month isn't a problem for anyone I know. My phones typically get 3+ major updates a year and a monthly update and reboots itself at night.