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[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Linux doesn't force automatic updates into your system.

On windows, the changes go out to everyone all at once. You figure out there's a problem at the same time as everyone else on windows.

On Linux (with a good it department), pending app/os updates get pulled to testing machine, test to make sure it still works, have supported machines pull down that version.

[–] Dhs92 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This was a software update that a vendor pushed through their own means. The same thing can happen on Linux

Edit: Also windows has update rings that can do what you're describing

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

On Linux (with a good it department), pending app/os updates get pulled to testing machine, test to make sure it still works, have supported machines pull down that version.

This is in no way unique to Linux.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

As I said, this was a vendor issue, the vendor pushed an update that their software is configured to automatically download.

Also, Windows actually has several steps until updates get pushed out to the general public, beta channels, and staggered releases, etc. Plus any moderately sized company will have their own windows update server and a test bed of computers to test updates on. Windows is actually very enterprise friendly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

You manually load them up and pray the vendor didn't fuck up like this.