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> Are you aware that MS already sells an operating system that can install patches without rebooting? No. Which OS is that ? Even to update Office they throw a
by hulitu 1y ago
> Are you aware that MS already sells an operating system that can install patches without rebooting?
No. Which OS is that ?
Even to update Office they throw an annoying popup and then another one to start the update and a dark pattern (close button accesible with a hidden scrollbar and no window controls) one to tell you it is finished.
- mapontosevenths 1y agoServer 2025. They upsell it as a subscription because they can. Before that it was also available in Azure. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/blog/2025/04/24/tired-of-all-the-restarts-get-hotpatching-for-windows-server https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/blog/2025/04/...
- kenjackson 1y agoIt is security patches only. To take all the other patches you do need to reboot, which is why it still has quarterly reboots. No real OS has solved this problem.
- mapontosevenths 1y agoA 90% answer is better than no answer, which is what we've had for 40 years now. Linux only requires rebooting for kernel updates, and with kpatch not even that.
- 1718627440 1y agoNote that you can also only reboot the kernel, but keep userspace.