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Most of the “don’t update windows” talk, in my experience, comes from monolithic kernels like Windows 98/ME and Linux, where a single update can change or break
by dabockster 1y ago
Most of the “don’t update windows” talk, in my experience, comes from monolithic kernels like Windows 98/ME and Linux, where a single update can change or break a ton of seemingly random stuff. Hasn’t been relevant for 99% of desktop computers for 25 years (not counting Mac stuff).
- hulitu 1y ago> where a single update can change or break a ton of seemingly random stuff That was always the problem with Microsoft: testing was done by the user. But until Win 7 they seem to have released the latest service pack for a given version (2k, XP, 7) with mostly bug fixes. Nowadays in Win 10 and 11 they bundle security updates with features and bugs go unfixed for months, if they ever are fixed. Microsoft organization, from quality perspective, is broken.
- dabockster 1y agoIt is, but you still have the hybrid/micro kernel offering a surprising amount of protection by separating and compartmentalizing everything more.