Microsoft wants to update your Windows 11 PC without forcing you to rebootcatculation@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.world – 377 points – 7 months agowindowscentral.com159Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentLinux only needs a reboot if you want to update the kernel, normally.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 $$$You don't need to pay money for live patching. They really just make you pay for having them do it for you.I think you forgot to mention what distro you are running.PotatOS btw. Eh, it depends. Other low-level things (systemd, glibc, etc) need a reboot too.Technically, but it's safer to reboot nonetheless: https://fedoramagazine.org/offline-updates-and-fedora-35/
Linux only needs a reboot if you want to update the kernel, normally.but in that case you can often kexec to restart linux faster, skipping the actual BIOS/UEFI boot. also, some distros offer live patching of kernel code for $$$You don't need to pay money for live patching. They really just make you pay for having them do it for you.I think you forgot to mention what distro you are running.PotatOS btw. Eh, it depends. Other low-level things (systemd, glibc, etc) need a reboot too.Technically, but it's safer to reboot nonetheless: https://fedoramagazine.org/offline-updates-and-fedora-35/
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 $$$You don't need to pay money for live patching. They really just make you pay for having them do it for you.I think you forgot to mention what distro you are running.PotatOS btw.
You don't need to pay money for live patching. They really just make you pay for having them do it for you.I think you forgot to mention what distro you are running.PotatOS btw.
Technically, but it's safer to reboot nonetheless: https://fedoramagazine.org/offline-updates-and-fedora-35/
Linux only needs a reboot if you want to update the kernel, normally.
but in that case you can often kexec to restart linux faster, skipping the actual BIOS/UEFI boot.
also, some distros offer live patching of kernel code for $$$
You don't need to pay money for live patching.
They really just make you pay for having them do it for you.
I think you forgot to mention what distro you are running.
PotatOS btw.
Eh, it depends. Other low-level things (systemd, glibc, etc) need a reboot too.
Technically, but it's safer to reboot nonetheless: https://fedoramagazine.org/offline-updates-and-fedora-35/