arstechnica ,
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Windows security updates could come with fewer reboots beginning later this year

"Hotpatching" originated in Windows Server, cuts way down on update reboots.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/windows-security-updates-could-come-with-fewer-reboots-beginning-later-this-year/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

DavidNielsen ,
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@arstechnica @lisamelton that way, you can spend more time with the ads they put in your operating system.

yeswap ,
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@arstechnica So Windows is finnally going to be able to update running processes, something Debian apt and other *nix package management tools have been doing for at least the last 25 years

YurkshireLad ,
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@arstechnica this is the 21st century, this should already be the default.

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