Improving the offline updates user experience

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:33:13AM -0600, Nathanael d. Noblet wrote:
> I am curious though. Everyone says the only way to do it securely and
> safely is with nothing running. Why can't updates be applied with stuff
> running prior to a reboot? 

There's no reason, apart from the kernel.  You're doing it right already.

Rich.

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