 Permalink for comment 325055 Rare occasions? by hornett on Wed
30th Jul 2008 20:11 UTC Member since:  Undoubtedly I will be
downvoted for saying this, but I'm getting really tired of
blanket statements like "Linux rarely needs to be rebooted" at
the start of articles like this.  Frankly it's a myth for most
desktop Linux users, and server boot times don't really mean
much anyway.  Every time you update a kernel, or graphics
drivers in Linux, you have to reboot and, since suspend doesn't
seem to work anymore you have to shut down everytime you pop to
the office with your laptop*. If you don't install the kernel
security updates then you might as well run one of those other
'insecure' operating systems anyway.  * I have 4 different
laptops currently with Linux installed, none resume reliably
from suspend or hibernate.  The main content of the article is
useful, however!  /rant ;-)  Reply Score: 7