Let’s compare the update process when you want to shutdown your computer:
Windows:
Doesn’t leave you the choice: your getting updated now, deal with it
Starts to update
Reboots, update for 2 minutes (wasn’t that bad)
Reboots again, updates for 15 minutes (come on man, I’m gonna miss my train !)
Reboots AGAIN ! continue and eventually finishes the update
Shutdown
Fedora:
We have downloaded updates, do you want to Install them before shutdown?
Not this time, thank you
Shutdown
Or if you do let it install, reboots always just once, updates 2 minutes, done.
If you have disk encryption or bitlocker, you just can’t let the PC update unattended. Not knowing how many times windows needs to reboot for this update is hella annoying.
What a real update screen looks like in linux:
The only time Arch is up to date is when it just finished updating.
Are you sure? Some packages might have had time to get updates while you updated!
Let’s compare the update process when you want to shutdown your computer:
Windows:
Fedora:
If you have disk encryption or bitlocker, you just can’t let the PC update unattended. Not knowing how many times windows needs to reboot for this update is hella annoying.
I shutdown on windows without updating all the time. Not sure where you’re getting no choice from.