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Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch (www.theregister.com)
submitted 1 day ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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"On systems with Secure Launch enabled, attempts to shut down, restart, or hibernate after applying the January patches may fail to complete."

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[–] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Raspberry OS is, imho, is not really representative of the desktop Linux experience. It's a bit like Gentoo or Arch. Great OS's, for their intended use cases.

While RPis with Raspberry OS can be a decent desktop replacement in a pinch (I've done it), it's more intended for learning and experimentation.

If you're intending to use it as your primary computer, I'd recommend using Ubuntu or Fedora. And running the OS on an USB3 external solid state drive.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fair, but why not enable updates by default? Not doing so seems like a disservice to the internet community.

[–] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's kinda an ethos thing that goes way back, and Microsoft keeps giving us examples of why it can be a bad idea. Essentially, it boils down to the idea that YOU should be in control of what your system is doing.

Most distros can (including Raspberry OS), and many of them will check for updates automatically, but none that I can think of will install updates automatically unless you purposefully choose to enable that function.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

Disagree when it comes to security patches.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Their purpose is to be used as a base to build your own system, not something for someone to use as-is out of the box.