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KDE Neon has done this. Before I had to reboot anyway because usually the desktop was full of random crashes if I updated without rebooting.

• justinclift 3y ago
  Ahhh. As a first thought, that sounds like you could have restarted your desktop (eg logout -> login) without needing a reboot. On a related topic, Ubuntu has an optional package that can be enabled to automatically restart the various systemd components that need it after their dependencies have been upgraded. From memory, that's specifically so people don't have to reboot unless it's really needed. I don't remember the name of the package off hand though, but someone else here might... :)
  • magicalhippo 3y ago
    I tried the logout/login dance several times, but it didn't always work. A reboot doesn't take much longer anyway so...
    • justinclift 3y ago
      Yeah, makes sense for that situation. :)