Fedora updates getting more like Windows every day

[David]

On 8/23/2010 1:07 AM, Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 10:17 -0700, Brian Mury wrote:
>> package-kit more often than not tells me I must reboot after
>> installing updates. Perhaps it is being over-zealous, but I agree
>> with the OP that it makes updates feel a lot like Windows.
> 
> At least, with us, you generally only have to reboot to use the update.
> You can stay on the prior one, in the meantime.  Unlike Windows, which
> often has to reboot, you can't keep on using the computer, or other
> things won't install until you reboot.


This is mostly FUD by the way. A Windows update does not require a
reboot to 'work' only to complete the install and to restart what was
updated. A reboot is the simplest way to complete the process as well as
the easiest path for the user.


> Thankfully, I find it's few things that do require a reboot, usually
> only the kernel.
> 


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  David