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Windows updates taking over my pc

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  • 29-10-2016 6:19pm
    #1
    raspberrypi67
    Registered Users Posts: 763 ✭✭✭


    @s also think that they can shut your pc down when they feel like it. God, we should start a petition on this. Arrears


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    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,233 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    raspberrypi67 wrote: »
    @s also think that they can shut your pc down when they feel like it. God, we should start a petition on this. Arrears

    Yeah, that's a rant. Love that it ends in arrears too.

    In most cases, these updates are security based, designed to plug holes in your computers defence. They are, unfortunately, a necessary evil. I'll always recommend turning auto updates on. In fact, in this case, it may be that Windows is "catching up" on all the updates that you missed out on. Once completed, you should only get one update per month (I believe anyway, they recently swapped to roll up patches.), plus daily updates for the windows defender (if it's turned on)

    If you are serious about getting rid of Windows. then the current consensus Linux choice seems to be Linux Mint. I don't have experience of it, so I'm not sure if it's great or not.

    In my experience, every OS will have trade offs. You're just not going to get an OS that will be all things to all people.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Unfortunately you agreed to the terms and conditions so can't really complain.

    Apple's OS is a lot cheaper than Windows.
    many varieties of Linux , BSD and others are free.

    Security patches are a sad fact of life :(
    with the free OS's though the patches usually also do the applications too.



    Seriously if you have Adobe products you'll know it's not just Microsoft pushing patches on a regular basis. A company worth $47.4 and they still can't produce a secure pdf or flash viewer.


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    PropJoe10
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    I dont mean to turn this into an "everyone should use Linux" thread but really, everyone should use Linux. Bit of a learning curve to start with, but once you get past that, your system is so much more responsive and easy to maintain. Plus, as the last person said, a system upgrade also updates all your software as everything is managed through the OS. Even a large system upgrade takes no more than a few minutes, and I rarely have any issues with system stability or anything like that.


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    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,233 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    I dont mean to turn this into an "everyone should use Linux" thread but really, everyone should use Linux. Bit of a learning curve to start with, but once you get past that, your system is so much more responsive and easy to maintain. Plus, as the last person said, a system upgrade also updates all your software as everything is managed through the OS. Even a large system upgrade takes no more than a few minutes, and I rarely have any issues with system stability or anything like that.

    Ah, I'm going to disagree with you there. Perhaps it's just me, or perhaps it's the hardware I buy, but I've never, not once, had an easy install with Linux.

    If it isn't the wireless card, then it's the graphics card, or some other thing that has me starting up a terminal, spending hours trying to get a resolution.

    I'd still recommend it for some people, but for me, it just doesn't suit.


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    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users Posts: 5,407 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    MacOS is your friend. I never looked back tbh. Linux is another one. They have updates now and then too but it's not like that MS circus at all. Linux packages are way smaller too.


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    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    MacOS doesn't support most hardware (and is rubbish). Linux is simple to install and "just works" these days. Use a mainstream distro, not some obscure one!

    However windows "just works" as well, so the problem likely exists between keyboard and chair.


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    PropJoe10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,245 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    CatInABox wrote: »
    Ah, I'm going to disagree with you there. Perhaps it's just me, or perhaps it's the hardware I buy, but I've never, not once, had an easy install with Linux.

    If it isn't the wireless card, then it's the graphics card, or some other thing that has me starting up a terminal, spending hours trying to get a resolution.

    I'd still recommend it for some people, but for me, it just doesn't suit.

    Have you tried any Linux distros recently? It's been at least a year since I had any sort of graphics or wireless card issue. The Linux kernel version 4 is pretty great when it comes to hardware support out of the box. Even picks up my ancient printer out of the box!


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    beauf
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    CatInABox wrote: »
    Ah, I'm going to disagree with you there. Perhaps it's just me, or perhaps it's the hardware I buy, but I've never, not once, had an easy install with Linux.

    If it isn't the wireless card, then it's the graphics card, or some other thing that has me starting up a terminal, spending hours trying to get a resolution.

    I'd still recommend it for some people, but for me, it just doesn't suit.

    My experience is the same. Always something not working on Linux. Also I just don't like the apps.


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