Re: MacOS Sequoia vs. Linux Mint

On 2024-12-14, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

Le 2024-12-14 à 00:39, Lawrence D'Oliveiro a écrit :

On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:07:11 -0500, DFS wrote:
 

The massive update to Win11 24H2 was a few mouse clicks.

 
Over how many hours?

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It was probably much longer, but here is a fact you can't deny: when
Microsoft or Apple offer a large update like 24H2, they essentially
reinstall the operating system, make sure that existing software and
settings are properly transferred over and clean up whatever garbage the
previous installation had to provide a decent out-of-the-box experience.
When Linux does a big update, like an update after two weeks of not
using your computer, it basically just overwrites whatever is there and
hopes for the best. It might check a few things along the way to make
sure that it all works alright, but you often end up with broken
dependencies or configurations which require you to fix the system in
one way or another. Taking this into consideration, any smart human
being that's used both operating systems would rather the cleanup of
either Microsoft or Apple than the potential breakdown of Linux.

The biggest difference between  Linux and Windows' updates is that the
Linux updates work but there's always a chance that the Windows' update will
cause a BSOD. I've used Linux for about 18 years. Never once has an update
caused a system failure — and I've had old computers that I didn't update
for over a year.

To me the huge update (instead of a number of small ones, like Linux uses)
is just asking for trouble. And after two weeks, Linux doesn't have "huge"
updates. As mentioned above, I've gone much longer than two weeks and
updates still take less than a couple minutes. Linux is definitely superior
in how it updates. Not even close for Windows. This is one of the main
reasons I like Linux.

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