• KempfCreative
    +6

    I get the joke, but Mac updates have been free for a very long time (3+ years), where as Windows just started giving out free updates. Linux updates have been free for forever, but they consistently break everything.

    • BarnyardOwl
      +11

      Linux updates have been free for forever, but they consistently break everything.

      Really? I've never had an update break anything on any of my (several) Linux systems.

      I recently updated to 17.2 (Linux MInt) as well as upgrading my kernel to 3.16, too. Still no problems, and it fixed a couple of things that were really bugging me.

      • ColonBowel (edited 8 years ago)
        +2

        How many systems do you have and why?

        • BarnyardOwl
          +2

          Desktop, laptop, a couple servers, and a raspberry pi.

          So 5 in total, all running various distros of Linux.

    • hereorthere
      +9

      I've been a Linux user since 2006 and 99% of the updates do not break anything.

    • looknclick
      +4

      maq update gave my friend a grey screen once, something to to with thunderbolt driver....

    • Gozzin (edited 8 years ago)
      +2

      I've used Linux for 11 years and I've never had updates break anything except 10 10 broke Compiz once... Nor do I know anyone who has had problems with Linux updates and I've been on a lot of Linux forums and talked with a lot of users for a very long time. Linux on both my computers.