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Never-before-seen Linux malware gets installed using 1-day exploits (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by catculation@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Molecular0079@lemmy.world 35 points 8 months ago (32 children)

I mean, I don't think I would mind forced updates if they didn't take so damned long and fail half the time. And then, just when you think you've finished installing all updates, you reboot and there's more updates! Why can't they just install it all at once?

Plus, after each major update, Microsoft wastes your time by advertising to you about Edge, Office 365, and OneDrive before they even let you get back into the desktop.

Forced security updates is addressing a symptom but not addressing the root cause, which is that the Windows update process is just painful for a myriad of reasons. In Linux, I run one command, wait 5 minutes, reboot, and I am back to work.

[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I love that on my arch setup, I update every single day, usually more than once, and doing so almost never requires me to powercycle my computer.

[–] Molecular0079@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

There is occasional weirdness if you don't powercycle though. In particular, certain KDE updates will make the desktop misbehave until you reboot. I get where you're coming from though. Quick updates and the ability to decide when you want to restart means that I have no qualms about updating frequently.

I am on Arch too and pacman -Syu is usually a snack I have with my morning tea.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

If the desktop misbehaves, just restart the desktop (log out and in again)?

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