image caption: A Microsoft Windows screen showing “Active Hours” with start time set to 12 AM and end time set to 12 AM and an error that says “Choose an end time that’s no more than 18 hours from the start time”.

    • expr@programming.devEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Obviously there’s a small handful of things that would require a reboot, but unlike Windows, the vast majority of programs in user space don’t require reboots on update.

      There’s also the fact that restarting Windows to update is a much slower and more disruptive experience than restarting Linux.