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That's Windows specific, I understand the frustation and I am sorry you have to live with that. Every time I boot back into Windows I get harassed by updates an

by aw3c2 12y ago

That's Windows specific, I understand the frustation and I am sorry you have to live with that. Every time I boot back into Windows I get harassed by updates and reboots. I don't miss it.

pjmlp 12y ago
Funny, my Ubuntu box shows an update dialog almost every day.
- nitrogen 12y ago
  The Ubuntu update dialog is unified and has zero risk of tricking less savvy users into installing spyware. I'm sure you've seen Windows machines with five different updaters popping up at boot, competing for attention (e.g. Flash, Java, Apple, MS Update, MS security alerts, etc.)
  - pjmlp 12y ago
    Your point was being harassed by updates. As for spyware, oh it is so easy to convince Joe user to install it, even on UNIX systems. Social engineering makes wonders.
    - nitrogen 12y ago
      I'm actually not the one who made that comment. My mention of spyware was in reference to the Ask toolbar installed by the JRE on Windows. Installing such things is not a normal part of the Ubuntu update process.
      - pjmlp 12y ago
        Nor it is from JRE, if you bother to take it from the proper place. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index-jsp-138363.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/inde... Oh, I don't know, just bother to read what the dialog says.
        nitrogen 12y ago
        The official JRE really does prompt to install the Ask toolbar. First Google result: http://www.quora.com/Java-programming-language/Why-does-Java-for-Windows-include-the-Ask-Toolbar http://www.quora.com/Java-programming-language/Why-does-Java... I've mentioned elsewhere ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8285065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8285065 ) that I really don't mind Java, and FWIW I have liked the Jetbrains IDEs, but the consumer JRE installation and update process is really quite bothersome.

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That's Windows specific, I understand the frustation and I am sorry you have to live with that. Every time I boot back into Windows I get harassed by updates an

by aw3c2 12y ago

That's Windows specific, I understand the frustation and I am sorry you have to live with that. Every time I boot back into Windows I get harassed by updates and reboots. I don't miss it.

pjmlp 12y ago
Funny, my Ubuntu box shows an update dialog almost every day.
- nitrogen 12y ago
  The Ubuntu update dialog is unified and has zero risk of tricking less savvy users into installing spyware. I'm sure you've seen Windows machines with five different updaters popping up at boot, competing for attention (e.g. Flash, Java, Apple, MS Update, MS security alerts, etc.)
  - pjmlp 12y ago
    Your point was being harassed by updates. As for spyware, oh it is so easy to convince Joe user to install it, even on UNIX systems. Social engineering makes wonders.
    - nitrogen 12y ago
      I'm actually not the one who made that comment. My mention of spyware was in reference to the Ask toolbar installed by the JRE on Windows. Installing such things is not a normal part of the Ubuntu update process.
      - pjmlp 12y ago
        Nor it is from JRE, if you bother to take it from the proper place. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index-jsp-138363.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/inde... Oh, I don't know, just bother to read what the dialog says.
        nitrogen 12y ago
        The official JRE really does prompt to install the Ask toolbar. First Google result: http://www.quora.com/Java-programming-language/Why-does-Java-for-Windows-include-the-Ask-Toolbar http://www.quora.com/Java-programming-language/Why-does-Java... I've mentioned elsewhere ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8285065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8285065 ) that I really don't mind Java, and FWIW I have liked the Jetbrains IDEs, but the consumer JRE installation and update process is really quite bothersome.