Bad Reboot Assumptions
One of my per peeves is software that assumes it will come back up
after a reboot.
I'm not referring to bugs or errors like that. I'm referring to
dual-boot systems where the default operating system may not be
the one being rebooted. If I'm using the non-default OS, and
something decides to reboot, then when the system comes back up it
will be running a different OS.
Windows Update is a particularly egregious example of this. On
many systems I work with Linux is the default and windows is
merely a second-rate citizen, off in the second or third boot
slots in GRUB. However, windows pompously assumes it is the only
OS and sometimes reboots assuming it will come back up. Instead
the system comes up in Linux and whatever update caused the reboot
is left half-finished. Granted, the new state of affairs is
probably an improvement, but still this is one more example of how
Redmond doesn't really consider anyone but themselves, to their
customers' detriment.
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