…this has to be a BSD guy talking.

The user-facing options only allow you to delay updates for up to a month. There is no way to permanently disable automatic updates from there. If you are a power user, there are ways that use things like group policy, registry keys, etc. But you may not have access to those if you are on a work or school computer, as that is managed by your IT team.

not in windows.

And then spend an hour trying to get the presentation to run the way you made it. I love Linux, but installing Linux here in this time sensitive situation is definitely not the move for someone who has Windows already installed and their presentation completed and saved, presumably because they don't know enough about Linux to confidently switch over completely. Some will probably be able to get out of that situation unscathed, but not most.

And update while using it and restart at your own convenience.

Sometimes it’s simply about being taken seriously.

I’m a very busy person without a lot of time to play video games. If I sit down to play (and on Linux!), I’m absolutely not willing to spend extra time waiting on OS updates. It’s great that I can configure my system to respect my time and never interrupt me if that’s what I wish on a device solely used for electronic card games.

It does exactly what I tell it to do, and that’s great.

Yes, I do want to explore Linux.

A friend who did a lot of presentations said: always have backups for everything.

• spare laptop
• duplicates of all kinds of connectors & cables
• projector and external speakers (if all in-person audience)
• know of any other available rooms nearby
• copies of presentation on USB and online
• etc.

I went on a business trip with him once, and we all carried 2 bags each of equipment. Last I heard, he ended up working for a large entertainment company in LA.

Also pause updates, it doesn't stop all updates but it does avoid most of the forced reboot Micro$lop dishes out for weeks at a time. Disabling networking is ideal, no doubt, including the telemetry spam.

You have to ignore the updates for a while before it will force reboot during your normal working hours.

If it’s left alone overnight yeah it might reboot on you the day the patch came out. But if your active hours are set to something same it’s never rebooted on me.

I’ve found fedoras updates are getting kind of windowsy