XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 1/25/2026 9:40 PM, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 01:46:33 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 18:34:26 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The [Windows Update] process can be accelerated by:   
   >>>   
   >>> 1) CPU speed, to the expected extent.   
   >>> 2) Memory bandwidth, typical acceleration coming from a processor   
   >>>    with a larger L3.   
   >>> 3) Some sort of magical cleaning process for your WinSxS side by   
   >>>    side tree. ...   
   >>   
   >> What it seems to me you are saying, is that a lot of the need for newer,   
   >> faster hardware for running Windows, is just to speed up the *UPDATE   
   >> PROCESS*?   
   >   
   > I have to agree here. Linux will update quickly whether I am running the   
   > latest processor or a computer from 2007. Since most of the applications   
   > being run aren't requiring you to compile them, the only thing determining   
   > how long it takes is the speed of your Internet connection (and the   
   > Ethernet or wifi chip connecting to it).   
   >   
      
   I hate to be a party poop, but there have been cases of part of the   
   installation process being slower than necessary. The code that   
   updates the manual pages, it had some weird behavior when run in   
   a virtual machine, that did not match the behavior in a physical   
   install of Linux. Somebody had a bad case of paranoia, when they   
   started sensing what Ring their code was running in. Presumably, there   
   was some concern based on an exploit being done while manual pages   
   were being processed.   
      
   But such delays are not even remotely close to the Windows dependency   
   calculations.   
      
   You will also find Linux distros that have a "spring in their step",   
   and aren't quite as lethargic as some of their buttery colleagues.   
   But nobody in the Linux world cares about this. While I have   
   a test I can run, to highlight this, my "court case" is not   
   strong enough for me to go on a "name and shame" campaign.   
   If anyone is concerned about this, they aren't saying much.   
      
      Paul   
      
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