Linux updates: here's the whole new desktop, GUI, appstore, start menu analog, and you can now summon a demon to do your bidding (no gui yet, you have to use the terminal until next update)
Windows: Runs update 20+ minutes on shutdown and 20+ minutes on next startup, requiring multiple reboots: nothing has changed.
Linux: Runs update for 5-10 minutes when you want it to update, changes basically the whole OS and adds a metric shit-ton of features and doesn't even care if you reboot or not.
Longest update for me was ~5 minutes in W10, mostly new definitions for the Defender and security patches. You can consult the property of the updates in the M$ page and also undo the last update, if you want. Memes of Windows are nice, but this one was valid 15 years ago, back then it was true that you could die in an update, but not now.
On powerful PC's, yeah, my home PC is a rather powerful one and it would take me around a couple minutes to update.
However, I remember two years ago having to use Windows 10 on a school PC (which was a crappy thinkpad) and it took around 1.5 hours to update after I did the mistake of arriving too early and deciding to update the laptop as "might as well, got nothing better to do", then not being able to do anything for 1 hour.
Though admittedly, the laptop wasn't updated for a while (guessing around half a year?) so it probably was catching up to updates.
Right click the update icon, select whatever option takesyou to the settings screen, on the right-hand side you'll find a link for changes in each update. It's not transparent, but it is available.
It's also to a large degree security updates which are important as hell.
Just look at apple to see what happens when security updates get neglected. Newest apple phone actually had a security exploit that allowed people to upload viruses to your device without you ever having to interact with the virus.
The only thing that I can tell happens every update is that I have to tell my start bar, yet again, to show all program icons instead of hiding them. Individually. Oh, and Skype occasionally decides it's important at startup again.
Almost forgot! My computer also randomly forgets how to sleep until updated.
Shit, I thought I was the only one whose computer has forgotten how to sleep. I ended up reinstalling the whole thing to get it to sleep. I don't have the mental capacity to troubleshoot my computer to find the root issue after dealing with dumbass clients and my toddler.
It just reinstalled Edge, put a shortcut for it on your desktop and start menu, made it your default browser and migrated all your cookies and login info to Edge (for ad and tracking purposes) before uninstalling said browsers.
In completely puzzled, why would they not have that feature? Also why is everything centered in the middle of the task bar now by default? Microsoft sure makes weird UI decisions.
The only reason I click on "what's new" is to get rid of the notification. There are exactly two programs where I care and I appreciate all the other programs shutting up.
The Windows 11 2022 Update[89] (also known as version 22H2[90][91] and codenamed "Sun Valley 2") is the first and current major update to Windows 11. It carries the build number 10.0.22621. The first preview was released to Insiders who opted in to the Dev Channel on September 2, 2021.[92] The update began rolling out on September 20, 2022. Notable changes in the 2022 Update include:[93]
Redesigned and new Efficiency mode feature in Task Manager
Re-added the drag and drop feature on the taskbar
Improvement to the snap layout experience
New live captions feature
New Smart App Control (SAC) feature for blocking untrusted applications
Split "Focus assist" feature into "Do not disturb" and "Focus"
Included Clipchamp as inbox app
The first component update to Windows 11, version 22H2, codenamed "Moment 1",[94] was released on October 18, 2022 with build 22621.675 and several further changes:[95]
New tabbed browsing feature and refreshed layout of the left navigation pane in the File Explorer
New inline suggested actions feature
Re-introduced taskbar overflow feature
Improvements to the built-in Windows share window
The second component update to Windows 11, version 22H2, codenamed "Moment 2,"[96] was released on February 28, 2023 with build 22621.1344 and several further changes:[97]
Added iOS support in the Phone Link app
New Studio Effects section in the Quick Settings for NPU-compatible devices
Redesigned Quick Assist app
Added third-party apps support in the Widgets panel
Re-introduced tablet-optimized taskbar
Added support for tabs in the Notepad app
New Braille displays and input/output languages support in Narrator
New Energy Recommendations page in the Settings app
Updated touch keyboard option in the Settings app
New Tamil Anjal keyboard
Re-introduced the search box on the taskbar
The third component update to Windows 11, version 22H2, codenamed "Moment 3",[98] was released on May 24, 2023 with build 22621.1778 and several further changes:[99][100]
New presence sensor privacy settings in the Settings app
New VPN icon on the taskbar
Added the ability to show a notification badge on the Start menu's user profile icon
Introduced live captions in more languages
Added the ability to create live kernel memory dumps in Task Manager
Introduced Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC) to desktop computers and battery powered devices
New copy button for copying two-factor authentication codes in notification toasts
New USB4 hubs and devices page in the Settings app
Re-introduced the new touch keyboard option in the Settings app
New multi-app kiosk mode
Re-introduced the ability to display seconds in the system clock on the taskbar
Adds support for Bluetooth LE Audio and the LC3 codec
The fourth component update to Windows 11, version 22H2, codenamed "Moment 4",[101] was released on September 26, 2023 with build 22621.2361 and several further changes:[102][103]
The availability of Copilot in Windows (in preview)
New preview flyout when hovering over files under the Recommended section on the Start menu
New volume mixer experience in Quick Settings
Re-introduced the ability to never combine taskbar buttons
Added the ability to hide the time and date in the system tray
Updated notification bell icon in the system tray on the taskbar
Modernized Details pane, Home page, address bar and search box in the File Explorer
New Gallery feature in File Explorer
Added the native support of additional archive file formats (7z, rar, tar)
New Windows Backup app
New screen for restoring from backup during the OOBE
Improvements to backup and restore experience for desktop apps
Added support of Unicode Emoji 15
Added the support of COLRv1 color format
New Narrator natural voices in Simplified Chinese, Spanish (Spain and Mexico), Japanese, English (United Kingdom and India), French, Portuguese, German and Korean
New text authoring experiences in voice access
New Home page in the Settings app
Redesigned Windows Security notification dialogs
As of build 22567, the version string has been changed from "Dev" to "22H2".