From: "robin laing" <robin.laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I have run linux on computers for months without reboots being required,
even after doing updates/upgrades, unlike windows.
Except after all of these kernel upgrades, where you have to restart for the new kernel to take effect. :)
Ben
Well, yeah, but there are at least two levels of "required" reboots:
(1) A program misbehaves, the entire machine locks up, and the only thing you can do is reboot.
(2) You install some new software, or upgrade an existing program, and you have to reboot *IF* you want to use the new thing. (But you can choose when.)
Windows often does both 1 and 2; Linux seldom does either, with the sole exception of the kernel.
Although I will admit that if you do a lot of updates to running services, then a reboot might be simpler than figuring out all the things that have to be stopped and re-started. RPM scripts can do this for you, if the packager does a good job, though. The important thing is that even with a kernel upgrade, you get to choose when.
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