Due to some strange kernel driver for an attached storage device requiring multiple reboots and whatnot, kernel updates have always been a pain for me requiring

Due to some strange kernel driver for an attached storage device requiring multiple reboots and whatnot, kernel updates have always been a pain for me requiring an hour of downtime -- until I found Ksplice. From the text of the email I got however, it seems like they do not intend to make the service available outside of Oracle's own Linux variant: > The Ksplice Uptrack service is planned to be included > as a standard part of Oracle Linux Premier Support, > and we will no longer be selling the service > separately to new customers moving forward. > As an existing Ksplice customer, > you may continue to renew your subscriptions > and add additional systems to your account as before Same can be implied from http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/Acquisitions/ksplice/general-presentation-430138.pdf http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/Acquisitions/ksplice/gene... which says: > Oracle is expected to be the only enterprise > Linux vendor that can offer zero downtime update