Microsoft, this is a breakthrough: Windows 11 will update without rebooting

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Microsoft, This Is A Breakthrough: Windows 11 Will Update Without Rebooting - Gadget Tendency
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Microsoft, this is a breakthrough: Windows 11 will update without rebooting::According to Windows Central, Microsoft is testing a new mechanism for installing monthly updates in Windows 11, which will not require a system reboot, and

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Once again, catching up with decades-old GNU/Linux features.

You can't really update the kernel without a reboot.

Yes you can. Google ksplice

To be fair, that only mostly works. You do sometimes still need to reboot even with that, but most of the time yeah, it works fine without rebooting.

You mean proprietary bullshit from Oracle? Lol, but that's not a Linux feature.

Its not even catching up. You have to reboot "every few months". I haven't rebooted my arch install since it died in my backpack last December.