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[โ€“] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what does windows updates have to do with WSL

[โ€“] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

WSL exists on a Windows system which means you're still subject to Microsoft's rather insane update practices.

[โ€“] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

linux: sudo pacman -Syyu/sudo apt update/whatever your distro uses

windows: updates whenever the hell it feels like

[โ€“] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See also ->

Linux: you need to update some core system component? Don't worry, we'll keep right on running until you decide to reboot.

Windows: notepad.exe has an update, we're rebooting in .3s I hope you can save fuckin quick bro

[โ€“] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 14 points 1 year ago

Linux: hey dude, you should probably restart....I mean it's been months.

Windows: so imma just gonna nuke your work, ok cool.