On Thu, 3 Aug 2023 at 12:24, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Arch devs, > > I read that systemd 254 will enable a soft-reboot similar to how windows > does fast-boot does it. (The Register: > https://go.reg.cx/tdml/dfd67/64f3cc7f/8aaa3ef6/49jh) That's a huge miss-representation. Please don't read "The Register" for Linux tech information. > Mentioned in the article is this soft-reboot will prevent a full reboot - > preventing kernel updates in that mode. But the article is silent, and indeed > hints at the open question of if or how this will be disabled to allow kernel > updates, dual-booting, etc.. `sysmtectl soft-reboot` is a completely new sub-command, and not a default. Neither did `systemctl reboot` change its behaviour. Again, please don't read tabloids if you want to learn stuff about Linux -- damjan
