Meme transcription: Anakin & Padme
[Panel 1] Anakin tries selects “Update and shut down” from the Windows start menu.
[Panel 2] Padme, labeled as “Windows”, cheerily says: ”You mean ‘Update and restart’, right?”
[Panel 3] Anakin takes an annoyed look.
[Panel 4] Padme, still cheery, says “I’ll just ‘Update and Restart’.”
My favorite is when I shut it down and then it reboots into Ubuntu bc that's my default in grub
me who uses rEFInd which remembers the last OS chosen and defaults to that: I don't have such weaknesses
God I hate when meme formats are completely misused.
I can't stand how windows updates are so intrusive. Sometimes I'll leave my computer on running a task overnight and Windows will just say "Oh fuck you, I restarted halfway through the night, and then your computer sat idle for 3 hours". And, btw, I have updates "suspended"
I'm like everyone else here, I run Linux for most of my stuff, but Windows is on one last box, and it's just so aggravating now
How do you know if someone uses Linux?
Don't worry, they'll tell you
Hi, I'm a vegan Linux user, do know want to know why you're wrong about everything?
I mean, they're complaining about something in Windows. So without the disclaimer they're guaranteed 20 comments saying to just use Linux.
My experience is Windows starting updates during the night, getting stuck on bitlocker, so fans are yelling at 100 until I can login
"I'm like everyone else here, I run Linux..."
Erm, did you just assume my OS?
I am so satisfied with my Windows Amliorated version because it will never have Microsoft updates ever again, only through playbooks. Every bad thing is removed. I just love it and ots the first time I actually feel comfortable and not betrayed. I feel like the OS is mine and not an entity with its own desire and magic.
But of course I use Arch linux btw. Only using Windows for VR gaming
Windows just does whatever the fuck it likes really
Sometimes it goes to sleep. Sometimes it just turns off the monitor. Sometimes it just wakes itself up.
Sometimes it updates itself and deletes all your user data 🤷♂️
One thing I give Linux credit for is how it handles updates. Like, yeah, Linux doesn't force updates, that we all know, but I like how at least in the GNOME desktop, there is no "Update and action" button, there is only the shutdown and restart buttons, where if I am to press either, the system will ask me if I want to install updates or not with a nice box to tick the option. Nowhere near as cluttered as it is in the picture.
On most distros you don't need to restart to update. Mint will just put an icon on the taskbar when updates are ready, and you can even tell it to just do it in the background. No restarts or shutdown warnings.
Don't kernel updates need a restart?
Yeah but no work has to be done during the restart, it's just booting into the new kernel.
Usually yes, but you'll never be forced or even nagged to restart. You could keep your computer going for months on the same kernel until you decide that it's time to reboot, at which point your computer will boot with the new kernel.
I’ve been looking at mint but I’ve been using windows all my life. I’m worried about the steep learning curve and terminal “language”
Would a noob like me survive on linux for gaming?
So the reason it does this is Windows update requires a reboot. So it installs the patch, reboots AND THEN shuts down. If your missing the final shut down it's becuase something is preventing it or you started using it again.
It has never done so for me. Just restarts and sits on the login screen.
I swear that these image transcriptions are going to be used to train AI.
Never post a windows meme on lemmy. Grave mistake. I use nixos btw
I couldn’t find a Windows meme community (interesting), so I thought, an anti-Windows meme is kind of a Linux meme.
i use gentoo btw, you still need to learn. You are not a real linux user if your kernel is not compiling for 3 hours.
God I thought it was only my PC that did that lol.
The confusing mess that is Windows update feels like the result of a large corporation of many people that are pulling in different directions while they attempt to meet the requirements of users that are completely ignorant and apathetic.
I don't understand why I need to choose 'restart and update'. Why can't this be achieved from shutting down? It's programmed as if shutting down means I'm never coming back to the machine again. Shutdown is the wrong word, it should say Decommission.
Ngl this is a weird question. It’s like asking “why would I ever need to choose 'restart', why can’t the same be achieved by shutting down?”
You really can’t think of a use case for updating and restarting your computer instead of just shutting it down? Remote sessions? Power button in an inconvenient location? The desire to not need yet another input to get what you wanted?
Literally does what's on the tin for me.
Updated, restarted to finish it and shut down completely after that.
For me it works sometimes, sometimes it doesn’t.
I literally just had this happen a couple days ago. I dual boot with Linux Mint and I generally don't go into windows except for specific use cases. So sometimes it can be a while between boots for windows on my system.
I had to use a windows only program, but it was a quick 5 minute thing. Finished my task, shut it down and I get the update prompt. Fine windows, update and shutdown. Of course it reboots, but it defaults into Mint and I'm confused for a minute why my PC is still on when I come back.
I had Windows in sleep mode one time and it woke the computer up at 3 AM (found out by looking at Event Viewer) to do updates.
The most infuriating thing is that they label that as a feature. Sure, I want to get woken up in the middle of the night because some MS douche decides my laptop needed updates.
My shutdown button always just reboots. Doesn't matter if there's an update or not. Like, after a fresh install, it might shutdown correctly once...
This isn't update related but when I inserted an SD card into a laptop running Windows it blue screened. Yeah that's right, the OS crashed due to a fucking SD card.
Literally fucking happening to me now. Fuck my company for pushing updates on Friday