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Windows Update is a torture chamber for seldom-used PCs (www.theregister.com)
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[–] smeg 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I maintain a small Windows dual boot for taking certification exams (that don't run on Linux). It's torture to update it once every 6 months. 3-4 hours requiring multiple reboots.

[–] Vitaly@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can use Chris titus util to delay the feature updates and keep security updates. That's what I did for my dual-boot

[–] LucidNightmare@anarchist.nexus 1 points 1 week ago

That's what I've done (Use MassGravel for Enterprise version of 11 because fuck it why not for best results?) and haven't had any issues with Windows 11 since. Had to hop back on my Windows SSD for a game that just came out and had one update after a whole year of running strictly Linux!