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> That's the case with all mainstream operating systems. That the case with a mainstream operating system. Only one. All the others can count uptime in years e
by bregma 5y ago
> That's the case with all mainstream operating systems.
That the case with a mainstream operating system. Only one. All the others can count uptime in years even with regular application updates.
- mschuster91 5y ago> All the others can count uptime in years even with regular application updates. Every major Debian/Ubuntu upgrade asks me for restarting services due to a libc upgrade and warns of potential instability as a result of not doing a restart. Not to mention upgrading systemd, which tends to require a reboot.
- scheme271 5y agoIt depends. linux requires reboots if you update the kernel (kexec and kpatch are still experimental) and you should probably reboot if you update libc or other similar system software. I don't think any mainstream allows kernels or system software to be updated on the fly and without a reboot.