My main issue with Window was that it required quite a lot involvement into the upkeep of the machine, like frequent restarts due to OS and driver updates. Is that a thing of the past now?
I'm not forced to do that, I just like the idea of a "fresh start" since I don't have ECC memory and I do detect a bit flip (through CRC checks) every 2 months or so.
You can keep pushing update required reboots forward as much as you want, one week at a time, so I just push it past the Sunday reboot.
Back in the day with Windows 7 and not being forced to update I've had 6 month+ uptimes and things ran very well.
Windows, by default, would forcibly restart itself way before one month of uptime. I have had unsaved work lost because of it. Now I have automatic restarting permanently disabled.
Even worse offender is Windows automatic wake up. Once it woke up my old laptop form hibernation while riding in a car and caused bad sectors on the hard drive (HDD was in perfect condition before that ride).
Had the exact same thing in college, my Lenovo laptop woke up inside my bag on my way to class and the HDD got damaged.
> I still feel unease restarting
Oh yes, I know that unease all too well. Simply booting the system is usually the least problem, but starting all my applications, placing the windows across the different workspaces, ssh'ing into various machines, etc. is always such a hassle. However, this problem is pretty much constant across different operating systems, at least to me.
Only rebooted once in 2021 and that was me turning it off for electrical work.
Definitely been in the 2 month+ numbers at times with extremely heavy use like dual GPUs running 100% for 12+ hour periods at a time.
Honestly been very impressed with Windows recently as a place for where I get my high end work done. I still use a Macbook for browsing/writing sometimes.
Current uptime on my home machine is >6 months.