On Tue, 2017-09-12 at 12:02 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 09/12/2017 05:36 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > [ ... ] Linux, from how I understand the results of this debate, now > > *better* is getting rebooted after updates. This wasn't necessary > > in earlier times. > > > > Would you agree on these last two sentences, Sam, or anyone else? > > I don't agree. I really don't think anything has changed. It has > always been somewhat risky doing live upgrades, although it's possible > that now more programs are doing runtime dynamic loading (plugins, etc.) > which makes it extra risky. Either way, some users have been getting > caught by these problems without knowing why, so there is now a way for > those not so technical users to safely update their systems. The > default method is safe. However, nothing has changed for those that > believe they know what they are doing. There is no obstacle for them to > continue doing live updates. I really don't see why this is such a big > deal. I am happy that there is a safe way for my users (teachers, > elementary students, my mom) to safely upgrade their computers without > having to call me in. That looks like a considerable change for the better on Linux - and "Elementary students", from what I gather via Google, are maximum 14 or 15 years old. I wasn't aware of it .. Thanks. Regards Wolfgang > I usually do the release upgrades for them so I > can keep most of them on the same release, but some of them have done > that themselves as well. > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
