An actual Linux technical question

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 Recently I decided to get an inexpensive laptop to take travelling and not=
 be concerned about all the personal data that might be lost or acquired by=
 persons unknown.
On Amazon, I found an ASUS laptop.=C2=A0 With Win 11 it costs about $1200.=
=C2=A0 Same hardware with Ubuntu cost less than $300.=C2=A0 What's not to l=
ike?
I've updated the software several times since.=C2=A0 No surprise that the f=
irst time there was a lot to update after the factory install.
A couple times I have gotten a surprising message that the computer needed =
to be re-started to finish the update.=C2=A0 That is a standard "feature" o=
f Windoz, but I'd never encountered that in all the years I have used Unix =
and various Linux distros.=C2=A0 What happened?

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        <div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Recently I decided to get an=
 inexpensive laptop to take travelling and not be concerned about all the p=
ersonal data that might be lost or acquired by persons unknown.</div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"=
false">On Amazon, I found an ASUS laptop.&nbsp; With Win 11 it costs about =
$1200.&nbsp; Same hardware with Ubuntu cost less than $300.&nbsp; What's no=
t to like?</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">I've updated the software several times sinc=
e.&nbsp; No surprise that the first time there was a lot to update after th=
e factory install.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">A couple times I have gotten a surpris=
ing message that the computer needed to be re-started to finish the update.=
&nbsp; That is a standard "feature" of Windoz, but I'd never encountered th=
at in all the years I have used Unix and various Linux distros.&nbsp; What =
happened?</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div></div></bod=
y></html>
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