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d3Xt3rtoday at 9:58 AM11 repliesview on HN

Gosh, 7.2 literally just dropped with a bunch of awesome of performance/gaming related improvements (large folios, cache-aware scheduling, improved MGLRU reclaiming, Fair GPU Scheduler etc)... and I already can't wait for 7.3 to come out.

Meanwhile in the Windows world, users hate updates... Like I genuinely can't think of a single instance that made users exclaim, "oh boy I just can't wait for the next Patch Tuesday!".


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zekriocatoday at 10:49 AM

[1] Linux 7.2 Reverts DRM Scheduler Change After Serious GPU Regressions: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-72-reverts-drm-sc...

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alt227today at 11:15 AM

I personally am very excited for the upcoming Windows 11 update which will allow users to move the taskbar to any edge of their screen.

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mrectoday at 12:32 PM

The best thing about Win10 reaching EOL is not being at the mercy of Windows Update any more. It was by far the biggest risk to having a functioning system.

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timperatoday at 10:29 AM

I might be in the minority here, but some of the latest Windows updates that dropped in the Insider channel are really cool, and I'm excited to see those coming to main.

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toredashtoday at 10:01 AM

Didn't we eagerly await on updates in the good old days of Windows?

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Abishek_Muthiantoday at 11:29 AM

Any improvements with fractional scaling? Can anyone please link to any material reg the work being done for improving fractional scaling in Linux; it would be great if it could match the rendering quality of macOS.

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Prunktontoday at 11:34 AM

Phoronix.com is my go to place for good news. It always gives me a sense of progress and makes me feel humble since so many smart people share their work

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TiredOfLifetoday at 11:46 AM

I use arch based linux. This year updates have broken video decoding twice. Font rendering once (still not fixed without manually deleting files.). And broken the whole system due to there not being a mechanism that makes sure all QT libraries upate at the same time once or twice. That is all one system.

Meanwhile 4 separate windows pcs have not had problems with updates for at least 6 years

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flaunf221today at 12:56 PM

> Like I genuinely can't think of a single instance that made users exclaim, "oh boy I just can't wait for the next Patch Tuesday!"

Majority of Windows users are not programming enthusiasts and just don't care.

OS works. Programs continue to work. Good. Keep it that way.

fleroviumnatoday at 12:09 PM

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