this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2026
728 points (99.5% liked)

Technology

78828 readers
2441 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
728
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
212 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

"On systems with Secure Launch enabled, attempts to shut down, restart, or hibernate after applying the January patches may fail to complete."

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I get what you're saying, but it's not really true.

If the only program you run is a web browser, then you're probably right, but only because Linux expects you to know how to use your computer and install updates yourself.

Linux has achieved a very stable OS that offers a very granular experience, which is great if you know what you're doing, but if you don't, it's pretty arcane. The ability to configure everything on your system exactly how you want it to run is a double edged sword.

If you want anything beyond what is offered out of the box, you'll need to interact with the terminal at some point, which is a pretty steep learning curve for the average user.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you want anything beyond what is offered

Aye, if you're not using any of the preconfigured forks like Bazzite, popOS!, Kubuntu or Mint

But they exist cause they install all that shit for you, same as Windows does

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So Windows users don't need the command prompt?

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

unless you're a sysadmin or a power user, no, not really.

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

You think Linux users are required to terminal up? My poor mother in law...