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Microsoft wants to update your Windows 11 PC without forcing you to reboot (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 95 points 9 months ago (42 children)

So you mean they want windows to have something that Linux has had for 20 years? Android has also had this since ~2017 too.

[–] toastynugs@sh.itjust.works 109 points 9 months ago (2 children)

My android phone and Linux computers all still want reboots after updates...

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 105 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Linux only needs a reboot if you want to update the kernel, normally.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

but in that case you can often kexec to restart linux faster, skipping the actual BIOS/UEFI boot.

also, some distros offer live patching of kernel code for $$$

[–] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You don't need to pay money for live patching.
They really just make you pay for having them do it for you.

[–] Flipper@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think you forgot to mention what distro you are running.

[–] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

PotatOS btw.
installgentoo

[–] tool@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Eh, it depends. Other low-level things (systemd, glibc, etc) need a reboot too.

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

Technically, but it's safer to reboot nonetheless: https://fedoramagazine.org/offline-updates-and-fedora-35/

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Colonel updates require a reboot, but just normal application updates do not. And most system updates do not. I partly misspoke about Android. I should have been more clear because I was referring to the A/B partition scheme, but yeah, to run the new system does require rebooting.

[–] kae@lemmy.ca 34 points 9 months ago (3 children)

*Kernel

[–] crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 9 months ago

Colonel Kernel

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It was the British spelling.

[–] kae@lemmy.ca 23 points 9 months ago

😂 As a Canuck, we use both. But the computer term is definitely Kernel. Unless we're marching out on a battlefield....

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Seven bugs and crashes

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