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They’re still a thing on Linux, I have to restart with every kernel update.

• blacksmith_tb 4y ago
  Do you mean like the "system restart required - in 60s" style of the other OSes, or just in order to boot with the newly-installed kernel? The only you-must-reboot-now-no-choice thing I can think of any of my Linux desktops is nvidia driver updates, I guess because you're living on borrowed time without a reboot...
  • lostmsu 4y ago
    Not only that, unlike Windows TPM + Secure Boot still requires lots of manual shenanigans on every kernel update (at least on Fedora).
• KMnO4 4y ago
  It was designed that way, but it doesn’t actually need to be that way. KSplice, for example, lets you update the kernel without rebooting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksplice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksplice
  • lostmsu 4y ago
    > does not provide any mechanisms for ensuring function-level consistency while the hot patches are applied E.g. a shotgun pointed at your feet
    • riskable 4y ago
      To be fair, the comparison is against the way Windows updates itself which is like Russian roulette.
      • lostmsu 4y ago
        You are talking about unbootable system (extremely rare) or missing drivers. But what I quoted potentially means data corruption.