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   From: nobody@haph.org   
      
   "Joel W. Crump"  news:%__6R.27029$hjM7.23437@fx07.iad   
   Tue, 06 Jan 2026 03:06:35 GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:   
      
   > On 1/5/26 10:00 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 02:20:28 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>  From PowerShell   
   >>>       wsl --install Fedora   
   >>> .. and reboot.   
   >>   
   >> Why do you need to reboot Windows just to launch a new VM?   
   >   
   >   
   > Microsoft does have its quirks.  Although admittedly with Debian I have   
   > to reboot for what seem like simple updates, a little inconvenient but   
   > its reliability makes it seem like a minor issue, I presume it helps   
   > keep system integrity, something I was looking for after Mint wouldn't   
   > upgrade to a newer version because of too many things installed that   
   > made it trapped on the current version, and their attitude seems to be   
   > that you don't need the upgrade since it is still supported for a while.   
   >   I admire Mint more abstractly, and I continue donating from time to   
   > time to support Cinnamon and the availability of Linux to newcomers, but   
   > for me personally it's just not solid enough.   
      
   Interesting. I run MXLinux myself and have been for some years now. It's   
   based on debian. Yet, I don't find myself having to reboot when it's   
   finished doing updates. I'm sure I have at some point along the way, but,   
   it's been long enough that I don't remember doing so off hand. Which updates   
   are you getting that require a system reboot? I've made some system wide   
   configuration file changes from time to time, and opted to reboot afterwards;   
   but in most of those cases, rebooting wasn't actually necessary. It's an old   
   habit from the Windows days...   
      
   Do you by chance remember the exact reason Mint gave for not wanting to   
   upgrade to a newer version? I'm sure it's possible, but, I have my doubts   
   when it comes to you specifically. Had you not stood by your statement for   
   awhile that MS blacklisted your machine from being able to have Windows   
   installed (just one example) I might not see you in such a dim light.   
      
   To me, that reaks of incompetence. Yet again, you've switched Windows out   
   for Linux. You seem to do this quite a bit, to 'resolve' problems you tend   
   to blame on everything except something you did. It's nice of you to donate   
   money you don't have to earn. Very noble of you.   
      
   I lost interest in Mint when they dropped support for the KDE version. It   
   was the first GUI I had the pleasure of experiencing when I began switching   
   over to Linux sometime back. It spoiled me. Especially Dolphin.   
      
   I haven't used this machine in about a week or so, found 123 updates for it   
   when I checked. It's in the process of applying them as I write this reply.   
   I won't need to reboot for them to take effect, though.   
      
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   Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent   
   Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?   
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