[Amarok]

One of the reasons I switched from windows to debian was not having to deal with windows-style updates: you can have the computer running and don't need to reboot after updating. I wonder if someone already thought of applying the same principle to consoles.

[baby]

How is it that you don't need to reboot your computer to update with UNIX but you do have to reboot your computer quite often on Windows?

[rocky1138]

There are still a few instances where rebooting Linux after an update is a good idea. Kernel updates, for one.

Mostly, though, the applications and services in Linux can be restarted individually, making updates a non-reboot snap.