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   alt.os.linux      Getting to be as bloated as Windows!      107,822 messages   

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   candycanearter07 to Frank Slootweg   
   Re: Care to explain?   
   01 Apr 24 14:40:10   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.os.linux.]   
   Frank Slootweg  wrote at 18:57 this Sunday (GMT):   
   > Newyana2  wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >   
   >>						    But Microsoft and   
   >> Linux are now both guilty of seat-of-the-pants updating. If it   
   >> isn't stopped, Windows will show a message at boot every few   
   >> days: "Please wait. Installing updates."   
   >   
   >   With "every few days" actually being *a month* and you only get a   
   > "Please wait." message if you're stupid enough not to set your 'Active   
   > hours'.   
   >   
   >   And "at boot every few days"!? My system is up from one monthly update   
   > cycle to the next, no silly business with booting in between.   
   >   
   > [...]   
      
      
   I think I've heard of Windows ignoring that sometimes.   
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