4 ms·

Compare that to Arch Linux on 100MBit connection To update reliably, it requires between 10 seconds daily, 1 minute weekly to about 5 minutes monthly internet a

• perihelions 5y ago
  Try Debian Stable -- we only need milliseconds! (Current machine saw exactly one, 45 kB patch in the past week).
• Avamander 5y ago
  That reminds me how Ubuntu's release upgrader says that an update will take x days on a 56kbps modem (or was it 1Mbps connection, something very slow) as a "relatable" estimation on how long the update will take.
• bscphil 5y ago
  It's worse than that, because updating a Linux system is updating ~every application on your computer, not just the operating system. If you were just updating the core system, it would likely be even faster than that!
  • seanw444 5y ago
    On Arch, installing new kernel releases takes like maybe a minute including download time and reloading the kernel modules. At least on my 1 Gbps internet. And I'm not locked out of my own system while it does so. It baffles me how Windows could possibly be so slow.