everything needs updates

thoughts on how all software has a mandatory update that does nothing except make it worse and you have to download it bi-monthly. what are the esoteric implications of this also & should i switch from windows to linux

Frustrating. My laptop runs slower and slower with subsequent updates. I need my laptop. I need it.

I swear this is too common with modern video games, imagine being excited to play a video game you like and it's going through ANOTHER update, that's me with Fortnite.

>>77682 With games its more the size of updates rather than the frequency. Im just pissed off about having to install an update for windows that does absolutely nothing twice a month

Switch to whatever you want man. I think Mutahar discusses in depth in his podcast with the boys. Nothing exciting but also not boring to say the least

>>77684 >to say the least okay i laughed

I can’t watch games anymore without a lag spike occurring every so often. It’s painful to say this.

on Linux you can revert updates and also lock software from being updated again. with APT the commands are apt list -a [package name] . apt install [package name]=[version number] and apt-mark hold [package name] . with Flatpak you can use the flatpak mask command. also most of your software will be connected to a repository that updates everything once you run apt upgrade , or you can configure it to do it automatically. food for thought, maybe you should switch

My friend in Columbus, Ohio knows a lot about this. He says tech companies are intentionally doing this so that customers can go their tech support and pay lots of money for this. It’s a cycle.

>>77690 thankx for dis this is probably helpful. yeah i've tried switching before; stupid question, but whats the best distro of linux for beginners?

>>77690 Useful information. I should do something about this soon.

>>77681 Have you thought about getting a new laptop? You might need one if this happens.

>>77692 lol yeah this too. its called planned obsolescence or something i heard someone talk about it

>>77697 It’s all because of the World Economic Forum

You guys all suck. The updates aren’t even that bad.

Updates should not occur unless for retaining compatibility and patching security issues with the occasional extension of features but even then a stable version of software should be able to be stand alone. Currently updates are just a way to open the door for the cancer that is the spyware in modern OSes. The alternative is to not update at all and keep yourself vulnerable to legitimate security holes. Let's hope popularity of linux based systems keeps increasing and avoid getting soykaftified.

>>77700 Maybe if you have better tech than than us. Perhaps. We’ll have to work with what we have.

>>77702 this so much this. tartary man.....

>>77696 i mean you can buy a new laptop but it would be nice if tech companies didnt sell us garbage so we didnt have to deal with this

>>77681 I have a laptop that doesn’t experience any problems or setbacks. It does have a weird odor, but it might just be me. Doctos said I had an enhanced sense of smelling in my olfactory region. Whatever that means.

>>77688 I think you made a typo there. You can’t watch games. You can play games. No worries. English as a second language is challenging.

Are there any technologies that are physical objects, like a car, that need constant updates? Phones are a good example.

>>77725 Im not too familiar with cars, but dont newer models, especially electric vehicles software updates?

>>77693 I switched from Windows to Ubuntu about 2 years ago and never looked back. I would recommend Ubuntu because it's the most popular distro and has the most support, but a large percent of the userbase are businesses running servers and Indians. Since it's geared toward servers there are a few annoying things you'll have to get over at first but if you want to skip all that you can try Linux Mint, but there will be slightly less support - by support I mean results on Google with the same questions you have, quickness of people replying, etc.

>>77709 buy yerself one of those upgradable ones yknow the ones that have replacable hdd's/ssd's batteries i upgrade the ram to my laptop to 16 gig. an its cpu to the faster version...

>>77729 >>77732 Thanx thanks

>>77734 Yeah, no problem. This board is here to help.

>op is to stupid to know what cve's are

>>77678 it's because non-hapas can't code. they use retarded techniques like C, composing syntax with string interpolation, doing crypto when you can't even code yet, dumbass serialization methods, retarded platforms like the web. everything constantly needs updates to address teh latest way in which they discovered their code is broken.

^that is the security justification. and since these security updates are shoved into the gayshit updates (like adding more animations and phonehomes to firefox), you're forced to get the latest gayshit or else be exposed to code which they discovered is broken which has published info saying how to exploit it.

>>77803 Most people just click the 'later' button forever out of laziness until they get pwned. normal people don't know anything about software and why they really should do that update. It must actually be a tricky job as microsoft's update whatever leader trying to think of ways to force them to update without everyone getting all butthurt about it.

>>77693 Don't install Ubuntu, it sends telemetry data to Canonical by default. I'd recommend Linux Mint Debian Edition for beginners instead.

>>77833 #!/usr/bin/env bash ################ Description: ################### # This script will disable all opt-out under # Ubuntu 22.04 (Codename: Jammy Jellyfish). # At first the telemetry domains will be resolved # to the local host and second all telemetry services # will be removed from the system. # The following work has a system-wide effect not just # for a single user. ################ Parameter: ##################### # None ################ Implementation: ################ clear if test `id -u` -ne 0 then echo -e "[-] Missing privileges..." exit 1 fi # == resolving to localhost: echo "[*] Resolving \"metrics.ubuntu.com\" to localhost" echo 127.0.0.1 www.metrics.ubuntu.com >>/etc/hosts echo 127.0.0.1 metrics.ubuntu.com >>/etc/hosts echo "[*] Resolving \"popcon.ubuntu.com\" to localhost" echo 127.0.0.1 www.popcon.ubuntu.com >>/etc/hosts echo 127.0.0.1 popcon.ubuntu.com >>/etc/hosts # == Remove and blacklist telemetry services: echo "[*] Removing telemetry services" apt purge -y ubuntu-report popularity-contest apport whoopsie apport-symptoms >/dev/null 2>&1 && apt-mark hold ubuntu-report popularity-contest apport whoopsie apport-symptoms if test $? -eq 0 then echo "[+] Telemetry services successfully removed." exit 0 else echo "[-] Removing of telemetry services failed." exit 1 fi echo "[*] Decline telemetry" ubuntu-report -f send no source: https://gist.github.com/CodeSigils/974abb61becf435c857b55e925f12780 Mint is fine until you realize you have to deal with uppity forum mods who are the only ones that can solve your niche question. Ubuntu is still a major step up from Windows. You can always switch to something like Mint later

>>77693 Linux Mint without hesitation. Desktop Environment is more similar to Windows than Ubuntu is. Be sure to get the Cinnamon edition if your pc can run it, otherwise just go for xfce.

i love having to add firewall rules just to prevent software from killing itself!!! it's especially fun when it comes to windows 10 and 11 where you have to change a group policy or if you're on home, a registry entry just so they don't spill the soykaf due to a faulty patch tuesday update or whatever other crap they didn't qa test enough. >Say the word c*ck again, I dare you. lol, i didn't even know lainchan blocked this word until i tried to use it

>>77678 > should i switch from windows to linux Yes, you should switch from windows to GNU-Linux /thread

>>77683 You don't have to do that though. One other operating systems, but also you can turn off updates with organization perms on windows 10 pro N. I haven't updated since I installed my custom ISO of windows back in 2019.

>>77836 you should have known youre dealing with gay soykaf the moment they said "jammy jellyfish"

seriously, who names their OS that? who the fuarrrk even makes names for versions. versions are self describing, and all these fagg0ts who make named versions use the numbers too so you have to remember both anyway. fuarrrking kys if youre making products like this

I think there needs to be some sort of system where you can input the computer or setup you have and see if anyone had problems with an update so you can choose to skip it till you see no reported problems. >>78494 That OS I could see as being a literal name.

>>77729 Please don't being that /g/ nonsense of Indians being evil and stupid here. They're a victim of outsourcing and rapid industrialization, nothing more

>>78496 >Please don't being that /g/ nonsense of Indians being evil and stupid here. Facts don't care about your feelings. >They're a victim of outsourcing and rapid industrialization, nothing more India has a barbaric medieval caste system which condemns certain families to eternal poverty while others grow up with servants wiping their ass and putting away their toys for them. Such an inegalitarian and anti-meritocratic society breeds nothing but incompetence and nepotism. They are also viciously anti-rational with many superstitions revolving around things like cow urine and feces. Not to mention the literal rape culture. There are plenty of rational reasons to avoid Indians if you can. Especially the ones who speak English, they are the upper-castes who grew up with servants and will treat you like soykaf. If you work in tech then you know what I'm talking about. >>77725 >I think you made a typo there. You can’t watch games. You can play games. No worries. English as a second language is challenging. Modern cars, especially EVs do get constant software updates. Part of the reason is because software is so cheap, there is no need to finish all the features before release you can just do an update later. This also incentivized companies to push as much functionality into software as possible and more software means more updates. But software has bugs which also means more updates, especially if the device is safety critical and/or connected to the internet.

>>77715 >You can’t watch games. Have you ever heard of gameplays on yt?

>>78499 what you describe has been seen in all civilized societies that begin to industrialize. india's is especially apparent due to it's mass adoption of the internet. i'll use south korea as an example to prove indian is just another victim of history. they're very similar nations on a broad socioeconomic scale dating back centuries: >India has a barbaric medieval caste system which condemns certain families to eternal poverty while others grow up with servants wiping their ass and putting away their toys for them. see n-po generation, spoon class theory, and chaebol >Such an inegalitarian and anti-meritocratic society breeds nothing but incompetence and nepotism. see korean air nut rage scandal and the many suicides and impeachments of ceos, celebrities, and high level officials (including presidents) over corruption, rape, etc. >They are also viciously anti-rational with many superstitions revolving around things like cow urine and feces. sounds like basic bitch racism desu >Not to mention the literal rape culture. south korea's rate of rape per 100K people in 2010: 95.9 india's rate of rate rape per 100K people in 2010: 0.45 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics) regardless, south korea also has a horrendous rape culture; see the various first hand accounts on youtube. >There are plenty of rational reasons to avoid Indians if you can. Especially the ones who speak English, they are the upper-castes who grew up with servants and will treat you like soykaf. i see your point since many south korean women refuse to date mainland men due to the brutal gender dynamics, but to equate a subcontinent of 1.3b people, of whom are made up of many ethnic groups of many environments to being stupid and evil, is a conclusion only a troglodyte could come to. >If you work in tech then you know what I'm talking about. i live in a very wealthy part of a world class city, and have had many americans treat me as you describe. i believe this is a universal issue when one enters the leisure class. >Facts don't care about your feelings. the only thing that's certain is nothing, and death.

>>78504 ok Indian

There's nothing esoteric about it. Updates need to happen to keep everything running properly with each other and fix security issues. As for things getting worse over time Linux is just as bad unless you take the time to really learn how it works.

>>78506 >updates need to happen to fix the problems you got because of the last updates

>>78509 >you don't do everything perfectly the first time? And you have to adapt your code to changing requirements? What a scrub.

>>78509 >you don't do everything perfectly the first time? And you have to adapt your code to changing requirements? What a scrub.