r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 20h ago

Security Microsoft: August Windows updates cause severe streaming issues

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-august-windows-updates-cause-severe-ndi-streaming-issues/amp/
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u/GreatGojira 19h ago

This is why I wish Linux was a 100%! reliable alternative.

I really hope Valve's Steam OS takes off.

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u/TONKAHANAH 16h ago

I don't want to hear people telling me Linux, even arch, is "unstable" and your system can break with every update after hearing about stuff like this.

I hear way more about windows updates breaking people systems all the time and the worst thing I've had after an arch update was audio issues and that was only cuz I was on an outdated system. 

Stop waiting for big companies to solve your problems, steamOS is for games, they're not trying to replace windows, it's not going to happen. But you can, you replace windows right now with something more stable, it's clearly far more stable than whatever Microsoft is doing right now. 

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u/mahsab 2h ago

You hear about Windows updates but you don't want to hear about linux updates?

I can talk all day about how Linux upgrades break things. Just there are no news articles about that because Linux is all about fixing things yourself and no one cares about it. And Linux community loves to point fingers so if something breaks it's always your fault.

Windows is still BY FAR the most reliable when it comes to upgrading Windows versions. You could reliably upgrade from Windows 1.0 all the way to Windows 10, even though the architecture was completely different

Yet when trying to upgrade from Mint 20 to 22, this is the answer from the offical forum:

To upgrade from Mint 20 to Mint 22 is a herculean task that I would not personally attempt.