Windows 11 may soon no longer require a reboot when installing security updates every month.
    • Zorque
      22•4 months ago

      Cool, so its possible then! I hope Microsoft makes it functional for Windows, too.

      • RustmilianEnglish
        16•4 months ago

        It comes in 3 forms.

        1. Update small system components (packages) and load the old into ram until rebooting; I don’t think this is possible on windows.
        2. A/B Image Based Updating; Android and a few Linux distros have this; probably one of the most stable methods.
        3. Live boot updates/Kernel-space Hot Patching; found mostly in Linux servers, and distros with a patched kernel; used mostly for security updates which is what windows is doing here, but Linux can do feature updates this way too.
        • @merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          8•4 months ago

          Windows is very lazy about reboots. Minesweeper changed? Better reboot.

          Chrome also got infected with this laziness. It used to be that you had to restart chrome once a month, now it’s almost every day. Among many other reasons, that’s why I’m happy to be using Firefox again.

      • @Patch@feddit.ukEnglish
        2•4 months ago

        Ubuntu has live patching free for personal use built right in. It’s not exactly a niche thing.

        (I don’t bother on most machines because I reboot my laptops every day anyway, but you know; nice for servers and whatnot).

    • @drog4fun@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5•4 months ago

      The chrome OS is method is pretty cool having a mirrored partitions the one not being used gets updated if there’s an error the other one gets booted and reverted