Author: Jack Knight Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] When is it necessary to reboot
On 9 May 2011 09:12, john lewis <johnlewis@???> wrote:
> Running Debian sid means the I get fairly frequent kernel updates,
> mostly 'point' upgrades.
>
> I'm reluctant to reboot un-necessarily but do reboot when it is a major
> change (like when it went from 2.6.37 to 2.6.38) but should I also
> reboot on the more minor upgrades?
>
Install ksplice and uptrack - then in theory you *never* have to reboot.
>
> Incidentally I was surprised a few days back to have a message pop up
> telling me I needed to reboot to complete a software update. No idea
> what that was about and I ignored it ;-)
>
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> John Lewis
> using Debian sid
>
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