Brodie RobertsonJan 24, 2024
Anyone who spread the lie that you never need to reboot Linux should be sentenced for treason
Show threadNick Bisby

@BrodieOnLinux live patching the kernel while it is running is definitely a thing you can do on linux. Generally more complicated than just a standard package update, so I have literally no idea how to actually do it. But it IS possible.

But otherwise yeah, for desktop linux the story should be that Linux never FORCES you to reboot, not that you never NEED to.

Jan 24, 2024 at 1:21amWeb
Show threadBrodie RobertsonJan 24, 2024
@nbisby Hot take: Live patching is a bandaid for terrible server architecture not a solution to updating, if you have redundancy you can reboot a system just fine
Show threadNick BisbyJan 24, 2024
@BrodieOnLinux I don't disagree. But it is possible. The lie is that it's a normal thing that happens everywhere.