XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.windows7.general, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: flatfish@marianatrench.com   
      
   On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:06:16 +0100, Peter Köhlmann wrote:   
      
   > Ezekiel wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> "Lawrence D'Oliveiro"  wrote in message   
   >> news:ik4fpe$8ak$2@lust.ihug.co.nz...   
   >>> In message ,   
   >>> Justin   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Two god damn hours to install SP1?  Good God, Microsoft is honestly   
   >>>> trying to piss off their customers.   
   >>>   
   >>> And you can't even continue doing work while the update is installing.   
   >>> Unlike Unix/Linux systems, Windows won't let you replace files that are   
   >>> curently in use by a running process. So you have to stop everything until   
   >>> the update is done.   
   >>   
   >> "You have to stop everything..." is simply a lie.   
   >   
   > No. It is just not completely right. You can continue working. If you ignore   
   > the nag-Screens about needing the reboot   
   >   
   >> You can continue doing   
   >> whatever and any files that are in-use will get replaced after the next   
   >> reboot.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> Even Linux updates that require a reboot only need downtime for the actual   
   >>> reboot, not for the installation of the update.   
   >>   
   >> So in both cases you end up rebooting.   
   >   
   > No. You need the reboot only for a kernel change in linux.   
   > No point in doing that on linux for non-kernel updates   
      
   Unless you are updating X in which case all your GUI apps, which is what   
   normal people run, will die when you restart X.   
      
   Idiot.   
      
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