• nakal
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    11 year ago

    Reboot? Since when does Linux need a reboot? I’ve been thinking about migrating from FreeBSD to Linux, but now I am confused.

    • Illecors
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      41 year ago

      It has always needed a reboot when it comes to kernel or init. Same applies to BSDs.

      • nakal
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        11 year ago

        You mean when you update the kernel? No one updates init on BSDs. This is mostly a entire world upgrade. But I’d never reboot from cron. My servers run 100 days without a reboot on average. In most cases there is no reason to update world, only the packages.

        • @OskarAxolotl
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          11 year ago

          Keeping your kernel updated is definitely recommend

          • nakal
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            11 year ago

            Of course, but I can see and understand what is patched and can see if I’m affected or not. In the previous version I haven’t been affected for 500 days.