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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?



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.




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