I mean, it’s never an issue for a power user, which arguably most Linux advocates are. But the disable option available for the average user is known to be overridden by MS. And the way that is not susceptible to MS remote meddling requires a Pro license, technical knowledge, installation of advanced system administration tools. All things that most people either don’t have, or are not allowed (restricted permissions in corporate equipment, etc.), or rightfully don’t care to invest time into doing. So this is still a common occurrence.
Yeah this always baffled me; I love Linux and use it as a core for all my projects (containerized and VM), but disabling updates on windows takes about two minutes to open run > gpedit.msc > set auto updates to false
Are people really able to configure full Linux boxes to their liking but struggle to tick one box?
Ah, yes, the feature to update the operating system that is by default enabled but is able to be disabled completely.
If a *nix user can’t figure out how to disable automatic updates, it’s on them.
I mean, it’s never an issue for a power user, which arguably most Linux advocates are. But the disable option available for the average user is known to be overridden by MS. And the way that is not susceptible to MS remote meddling requires a Pro license, technical knowledge, installation of advanced system administration tools. All things that most people either don’t have, or are not allowed (restricted permissions in corporate equipment, etc.), or rightfully don’t care to invest time into doing. So this is still a common occurrence.
Yeah this always baffled me; I love Linux and use it as a core for all my projects (containerized and VM), but disabling updates on windows takes about two minutes to open run > gpedit.msc > set auto updates to false
Are people really able to configure full Linux boxes to their liking but struggle to tick one box?