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Maybe even directly from grammar?Yup! Another common example is 'prepaid', as in a phone or credit card.
But what exactly is the context of Win/Linux (pre-patched)?
EDIT: Rather than context, I suspect it depends more on the word itself, whether it is something that has been done beforehand, or it is something that still needs to be done.
Pre-patched: has ben patched before, the version without a patch would be "pre-patch" without the "ed".
Prepaid - already paid. "Pre-pay": you still have to pay.
So if you have the past form (patched, paid, cooked) it has been done before, the present form/noun would be: this is before that happens.