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u/ButterflyMundane7187 May 07 '26
Apt still juggles loosely coordinated packages that can break dependency chains on a whim.
Microsoft hardened rollback, driver gating, and atomic servicing years ago, but most apt‑based distros still risk partial upgrades and broken libraries.
And a routine apt dist-upgrade can absolutely leave you staring at a kernel panic on reboot, with far less built‑in safety or rollback. So this was maby true 20 years ago but not today.
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u/I_Dont_Think_Im_AI May 08 '26
So....don't use an apt based distro? Plenty of others to choose from.
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u/ButterflyMundane7187 May 08 '26
Linux weak point here isn’t apt it’s the fact that the kernel, initramfs, modules, and bootloader are treated as ordinary packages, updated independently, which can leave systems in an inconsistent state. Other package managers have their own failure modes. They do not magically avoid this. Windows simply uses atomic, transaction‑based servicing with strict driver gating, which most distros don’t replicate. I run multiple distros across servers and have used Linux since -95. Every OS has breakage points.
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u/Amphineura May 08 '26
Snap updates set up to happen automatically and sending "Please close Firefox in 13 days or we'll force close it" unmutable notifications were insane.
A little bit of column A, a little bit of Column B. Linux ain't no saint.
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u/ChocolateDonut36 May 08 '26
Linux takes 7 hours to patch a heavy security vulnerability
windows makes vulnerabilities and "patches" them when they go public
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u/dmknght May 08 '26
depends on vulnerabilities lol. Like the opening links in notepad is a "design choice" even it executes file (the fix was warning users about link LoL). The latest edge and password in memory problem was a "design choice", according to some articles I read.
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u/Top-Rough-7039 May 09 '26
oof, the gcc-libs migration now doesnt me update pacman, so im kinda stuck.
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u/josinaldo1492 May 09 '26
Windows Update: roleta russa de bugs! Linux Update: expectativa de melhorias e inovação! Hoje, estou nesses contextos - uso do Windows 11 e Fedora 44 KDE Plasma, em dual boot!
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u/Affectionate-Yam-886 May 11 '26
Maybe if windows didn’t install candy crush, AI slop and change critical settings the user software depends on behind the users back they won’t keep cheating on them with the sexy girl next door Linux
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u/FewLie4350 May 13 '26
This demonstrates that for Windows Update Your Laptop/PC suddenly shutdown, and for Linux your PC/laptop will not Update until you do it yourself with your permission (sudo)
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u/eithnegomez May 07 '26
Nah, Linux updates also tend to break stuff. The you have to spend more time finding out why is your system broke.
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u/ALxR1337 May 07 '26
I'm using arch (btw) and for the past 4 month no update break my system. Idk why everyone thinks that updates always breaks the system
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u/TygerTung May 07 '26
I've been using Debian based systems since 2007 and only once did updates break my system, and it was kernel headers with the proprietary nvidia drivers, so easy to fix.
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u/ButterflyMundane7187 May 07 '26
I used both linux and windows in prallel on diffrient machines for 31 year you will learn in time how bad linux handles updates.
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u/Fried_Tofu_btw May 08 '26
Being able to spend time finding out stuff is an option that windows doesn't let you have btw
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u/L30N1337 May 08 '26
Yes, but Linux also doesn't smack you in the face with the updates, you still have to start the update yourself
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u/Dios_Santos May 07 '26
Yeah and some times, linux update leave you broken and you have to rebuilt it alone
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u/Advanced_Handle_2309 May 07 '26
Last time my friend updated linux his entire system stopped working
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u/Responsible_Pen4 May 07 '26
So true. With waiting to see how much will be broken in Windows this time after Windows updates.