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by baby 4421 days ago
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?
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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.