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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      2 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.

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      That’s why Linux and software like Firefox constantly complain when you haven’t restarted after an update.

      Can’t confirm. Linux hasn’t complained and I don’t remember Firefox complaining. Maybe it doesn’t happen with the flatpak

        • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I have zypper ps -s as part of my update script so I personally notice through that when something needs to be restarted. It’s pretty rare to have to do an actual reboot. A lot of the software stores notify if you need to restart. I’ve seen it on Discover and GNOME Store (?) at least