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

    • Aux@lemmy.worldBannedBanned from community
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      You can’t really update the kernel without a reboot.

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          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.

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

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      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.

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    Let’s see how well it works before congratulating. I have a hunch it won’t work well

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    You can update without rebooting, but then have to reboot anyway after half of the system services decide to stop working