Thing is there are so few things to count against Windows compared to MacOS or Linux, they need to make the most minor of inconveniences seem astronomical by comparison. “Haha you have to install a security update you can delay for 5 weeks that takes 4 seconds to install”
It’s the “you can delay” bit. It’s MY machine. If I don’t want the update so be it. I get the windows os is a liscence not a purchase, so they have every right. That doesn’t mean I have to like it, and I’m happy there are alternatives. That permeates through the whole OS. If theres software I don’t want, just because I don’t like the name, I can remove it.
That might not matter to you, but it matters to a lot of people. Enough, in fact, to build an maintain multiple operating systems, as it turns out.
Nowadays especially so. It’s like Android vs iOS. Both OSes are good and now so are Windows, Linux and macOS. Use whatever you prefer, just know how to use it so you don’t blow up non-issues.
In January of last year MS put out a kb that would repeatedly reboot your machine if it was an active directory controller, or if it was a hyper-v host it would refuse to turn on VMs, if you were running 2012 R2.
Not only this is bullshit for a production os (like this is 5 minutes of testing, come on), it took them several months to put out a corrective KB. In the mean time, all you could do was not install it and try to uninstall it on hosts that would reboot repeatedly. It’s windows server so it doesn’t nag you for updates but still.
The most impressive is a windows machine with 13 days of uptime
I’m not sure if you’re joking or being serious. Long uptimes are not an issue anymore on Windows.
Except occasionally when you factor in the automatic forced updates and resulting required reboots.
You can turn those off with the pro version.
Lol… I’ve worked in IT for over 25 years… I’m aware.
So you do know that isn’t a problem then…
It’s absolutely a problem… For some people.
I haven’t had that since like xp or vista days. Just told it to do it when I ask and it always does.
I have 3 windows machines in my house that are over 50 days running right now
It’s also an unimportant stat considering that any modern, well configured Windows machine should have reboot times of under a minute.
Thing is there are so few things to count against Windows compared to MacOS or Linux, they need to make the most minor of inconveniences seem astronomical by comparison. “Haha you have to install a security update you can delay for 5 weeks that takes 4 seconds to install”
It’s the “you can delay” bit. It’s MY machine. If I don’t want the update so be it. I get the windows os is a liscence not a purchase, so they have every right. That doesn’t mean I have to like it, and I’m happy there are alternatives. That permeates through the whole OS. If theres software I don’t want, just because I don’t like the name, I can remove it.
That might not matter to you, but it matters to a lot of people. Enough, in fact, to build an maintain multiple operating systems, as it turns out.
Nowadays especially so. It’s like Android vs iOS. Both OSes are good and now so are Windows, Linux and macOS. Use whatever you prefer, just know how to use it so you don’t blow up non-issues.
Windows updates are particularly under-tested
In January of last year MS put out a kb that would repeatedly reboot your machine if it was an active directory controller, or if it was a hyper-v host it would refuse to turn on VMs, if you were running 2012 R2.
Not only this is bullshit for a production os (like this is 5 minutes of testing, come on), it took them several months to put out a corrective KB. In the mean time, all you could do was not install it and try to uninstall it on hosts that would reboot repeatedly. It’s windows server so it doesn’t nag you for updates but still.
tbf I regularly have an uptime of 14+ minutes on my gaming rig.
Quite normal for a laptop, since it can use Windows Modern Standby (if it works)
Hibernation baby!
I’m at 15 on my Minecraft server now, but I’m pretty sure the last restart was intentional also
I recently took down a Windows server for a reboot at 1300 days uptime
It hadn’t been updated in 3.5 years? And the UPS (I’m assuming it had one) battery lasted that long too?
I once saw a computer at my workplace with over a year of uptime…