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On Windows applications control their updates, on Linux distros the updates can be triggered externally by the package manager. Or at least, you get an error i
by duped 4y ago
On Windows applications control their updates, on Linux distros the updates can be triggered externally by the package manager.
Or at least, you get an error if you try and modify an executable that is currently being used by a process on Windows.
- Saris 4y agoHmm, in that case it seems like the package manager should stage the new update and wait for the process to end before doing the update. But I suppose linux is generally geared towards servers, where that isn't an issue.