the only update that needs a reboot is one of the kernel
Okay, that’s not true. Glancing at dbus sideways will result in a reboot. But in systems free of systemd and all its entourage of shit, that’s still true.
Comment on if you're not going to let me do this microsoft then let me turn off auto restart all together.
superkret@feddit.org 2 months agoSame goes for Linux and macOS, actually, but Linux will happily let you keep your machine vulnerable to getting hacked for months.
Linux “reboots” every program and service it updates separately.
So the only update that needs a reboot is one of the kernel, which doesn’t happen often.
With Enterprise Linux, you can update the kernel without a reboot, too.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
superkret@feddit.org 2 months ago
But in systems free of systemd and all its entourage of shit, that’s still true.
OK my bad, I don’t run systemd.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 2 months ago
dbus is 4 years older than systemd, thus proving once again that systemd haters have no idea what they’re talking about.
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 2 months ago
expr@programming.dev 2 months ago
Obviously there’s a small handful of things that would require a reboot, but unlike Windows, the vast majority of programs in user space don’t require reboots on update.
There’s also the fact that restarting Windows to update is a much slower and more disruptive experience than restarting Linux.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Can’t confirm. Linux hasn’t complained and I don’t remember Firefox complaining. Maybe it doesn’t happen with the flatpak, I only remember that from Windows.
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 2 months ago
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I have zypper ps -s as part of my update script so I personally notice through that when something needs to be restarted. It’s pretty rare to have to do an actual reboot. A lot of the software stores notify if you need to restart. I’ve seen it on Discover and GNOME Store (?) at least