[antiframe]

I don't think the problem is when to reboot when necessary. The problem is many reboots shouldn't be necessary. If you update a service, restart it. If you update a kernel, reboot. While Microsoft has gotten better at not rebooting every time, most third party installed programs haven't. At least not when I last used a Windows desktop.

[NotTheDr01ds]

That's a completely fair point, and unfortunately Windows does require a restart on pretty much every Windows update. You're right -- Linux only requires a reboot on a kernel update, which is far less frequent.

That said, I don't know of many third-party apps that require a reboot.

[MikusR]

You can even update GPU driver without restarting. Those are some crappy 3rd party programs.