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    Windows updating just before thesis defense (lemmy.world)
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    [–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Absolutely, but unless you're on a rolling release, it still won't be that long. For example, my homelab ubuntu server didn't get updated for over a month, but when I finally did run updates it finished after no more than a minute. Depends a bit on hardware and network speed though.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    It shouldn't be an issue even on a rolling release. I mean it's not like it installs every intermediary version of every package, it just jumps to the latest versions no? At least that's how I imagine it works.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Right, but my tumbleweed install gets 100+ package updates per week, whereas ubuntu gets like 20

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Yes. The question comes down to how many of these you need. And do you have the resources for it?

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

    My Computers are all reasonably modern and decetly spec'd, resources should not be an issue. Ubuntu also ships with a lot more pre-installed packages than tumbleweed does, but I get your point.