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		snazz on Dec 29, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows file access performance compared to Linux This is true. Fedora now only has a Reboot and Update button in the GNOME Software GUI because some software like Firefox and some GNOME components crash if you update them while they're running (although this seems to happen more often with Wayland than Xorg for some reason). At least Linux and the BSDs give you a choice whether to do offline or online updates.

Zardoz84 on Dec 29, 2018 [–]

Interesting... I did a upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10 at same time that I was playing Stellaris. Zero issues.

amaccuish on Dec 30, 2018 | [–]

I can report I've had firefox go weird on Linux if something like a font is updated while it's running.

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