4th November 2016, 3:18
To requote myself; "as i wrote before, i used to think that one major benefit of Linux over Windows was the lack of need to reboot after updates... maybe i was completely wrong about that?". The more this thread has unfolded, the more i now think that for the past few years [= since i began using Linux (= Mint)] i was entirely mislead by the OS never telling me i needed to reboot [to also repeat something else i said earlier, i never used this specific CD applet until i recently upgraded to Maui... i never used it with Mint, even though i did use CD in Mint]. It now looks to me like all that time, i probably did need to reboot after many of those routine updates, only nothing ever told me to.
This is rather disappointing. One of the [many] things that annoyed me so much about Windows was the constant interruptions to my workflow by having to reboot after updates, so i now feel a bit shocked to belatedly discover that Linux is after all not much better in this detail. When i read of other Linux users boasting about system uptimes of weeks & months, how on earth is that possible, if in fact we actually do need to reboot quite often after routine package updates? Obviously i still do love Linux, & will never return to Windows, but this new info has quite shocked me.
Thanks for those links btw. The two Mint ones [4 & 5 yrs old] were not terribly relevant, as posters therein were fixated only on kernel updates, & i already know very well that i must reboot after updating my kernel; it's obvious. My concern in creating this thread is that the CD Logout applet, & that dedicated function in Kubuntu, tell me to update MUCH more often than i update my kernel.
This is rather disappointing. One of the [many] things that annoyed me so much about Windows was the constant interruptions to my workflow by having to reboot after updates, so i now feel a bit shocked to belatedly discover that Linux is after all not much better in this detail. When i read of other Linux users boasting about system uptimes of weeks & months, how on earth is that possible, if in fact we actually do need to reboot quite often after routine package updates? Obviously i still do love Linux, & will never return to Windows, but this new info has quite shocked me.
Thanks for those links btw. The two Mint ones [4 & 5 yrs old] were not terribly relevant, as posters therein were fixated only on kernel updates, & i already know very well that i must reboot after updating my kernel; it's obvious. My concern in creating this thread is that the CD Logout applet, & that dedicated function in Kubuntu, tell me to update MUCH more often than i update my kernel.