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Even back in the Windows 3.1 or 95 days I didn't have to reboot this often - sometimes twice a day. Seems a bit excessive?

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

On the other hand you rather have to put a gun to the average GUI user's head to get them to reboot ever, otherwise the computer will sit there for months on end until finally they shut it down once and it can finally apply updates.

[–] pelotron@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly that little reboot icon in the sys tray is sort of like a loaded gun pointed at me

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is exactly my issue, Just as I can't deal with unread notifications, I can't live with a pending update icon just sitting there.

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right click the up arrow > configure icons tray > second tab > reboot notification > disabled.

[–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

So you don't want to hear about the arch box I leave hot and live for two months at a time?