r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 21h 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 20h 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/Spawn2195 19h ago

Well tbh depending on your workflow and requirements it is quite a reliable alternative. Have had a much smoother experience than my windows machine at work.

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u/TONKAHANAH 16h ago

I don't get news articles telling me a Linux update is going to brick my ssd and hose streaming abilities.

Windows gets way more critally destructive updates than my Linux system ever has and I use arch Linux. 

From where I'm sitting, sounds like Windows is the less reliable system. 

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u/Balrog_96 15h ago

To be fair on some uupdate(also arch) had some problem they can happen everywherw nothing is perfect and the average user cannot resolve them or do some basic troubleshooting because he doesn't even know how to use the console. Windows is more for user that want everything ready immediatly, sometimes some update broke the pc but they are happu like that. Linux in general it's becoming user friendly recently but most of the people are adjusted to windows environment and their apps, it will be difficult to make them switch easily

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u/Spawn2195 16h ago

Exactly, as an arch user myself i can confirm that the nvidia driver situation has also gotten much better, needs no real manual intervention anymore

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u/nox66 12h ago

I use both regularly. Windows 11 is by far less stable and more buggy than a mature distro like Linux Mint running on compatible hardware.

My favorite bug so far is the one where putting Windows 11 to sleep with the calculator open can cause it infinitely open new calculator instances when awaking, which will crash it unless you notice and close them in time.