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This is just an Ubuntu-ism. Linux doesn't require a reboot for anything other than kernel updates (and dbus in special cases). On a side note it's a bad idea t
by parliament32 7y ago
This is just an Ubuntu-ism. Linux doesn't require a reboot for anything other than kernel updates (and dbus in special cases).
On a side note it's a bad idea to run Ubuntu on a server in prod. Ubuntu is great for desktop and pretty trash for everything else. You'd be better off just running Debian, it's a lot more stable.
- linuseouyt 7y ago> Linux doesn't require a reboot for anything other than kernel updates You can say the same about Windows updates. Ubuntu has a new kernel update every 3 weeks, unless CVEs force sooner ones. https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kernel/StableReleaseCadence https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kernel/StableReleaseCadence Anyway, parent was saying that Windows is shit because it forces frequent updates. Ubuntu, which as you say it's the closest to a user friendly Linux dist does the same thing.
- JamesT_Kirk 7y agoNot really. Linux Mint is more popular and is far more usable and stable in my experience. And it does not force updates.
- PhasmaFelis 7y ago> Anyway, parent was saying that Windows is shit because it forces frequent updates. Ubuntu, which as you say it's the closest to a user friendly Linux dist does the same thing. Windows will kill all your apps and reboot your machine in the middle of the night on a regular basis, unless you do some serious digging in the registry. (And they may have closed off even that by now.) Is that "the same thing" as Ubuntu?
- computerex 7y agoOne thing that's different is that you'll be never forced to update on linux and you will never be forced to reboot, even on Ubuntu.
- SXX 7y agoIn most cases this is exactly kernel updates that Ubuntu ask reboot for. You can just go check contents of this file to see what packages requested upgrade: /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs