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by eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 1654 days ago
Have a look at the forced restarts of Windows due to updates having become a well-hated meme to see how lucky you'll be in explaining that to the users.
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Restarting an operating system is completely different than restarting an application after you enable a plug-in.
Zero-downtime service restarts have been a thing for a very long time. It is a different story for operating systems.