Unlike Windows, every time you update.. Its all of the updates. Not - update, reboot, update, reboot..etc...etc.
Yeah I have already got tired of typing my pw in.
Yeah, that is one thing that takes getting used to. On Linux you operate as a basic "user" the majority of the time which is far safer. On windows you are more or less a "Admin" all of the time which is part of why its so easy to f-up or get a virus or something since no one ever pays attention to the UAC (user access control) pop-up's and just click "ok".
I havent run an antivirus for years on windows with no problem at all. When I was into comps way back on xp and before I loved getting the red screen to fix it. I have always had multiple comps so it was no problem to fix it. But admitting I have been left behind now. When I could no longer control everything I just gave up.
You can exempt yourself from some / all of that by creating a file in /etc/sudoers.d
e.g. (assume user is adolf)
vim /etc/sudoers.d/adolf adolf ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
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