Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 13:49:45 02/12/03
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On February 12, 2003 at 16:04:27, Martin Andersen wrote: >On February 12, 2003 at 15:54:11, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>On February 12, 2003 at 15:48:29, Martin Andersen wrote: >> >>>I love Linux too, but I would like to point out: You can't install ALL security >>>fixes without reboots. When you install a new kernel, a reboot is necessary. >> >>That is being ridiculous. Of course you will have to reboot when you CHANGE THE >>OS! At least you CAN change the OS. You can install the vast majority of things >>without need for reboot. Under windows, you have to reboot for almost any >>install. > >Not change OS, install a new Linux kernel. Redhat has made 2 updates to >the kernel in the last couple of months. If you want to use the kernel after >install, you >need to reboot. This is true. But usually, you don't really need the latest kernel, unless you have specific kernel issues you are dealing with. Important system services and user applications can be updated on the fly without a reboot. This is the most common upgrade a user is going to make. It's nice to not have to take the machine down for that. Especailly if it is a shared machine. Linux is very nice for sharing one machine between many users. I use some old cast-off P90 (90 mhz pentium) machines as X stations at my house. My wife and I share the "big" machine simultaneously from different P90 workstations in the house. I can even run Crafty annotations while my wife is web surfing and e-mailing with no noticable performance hit in the web browser. She never even knows Crafty is out there using the rest of the CPU. Doing this means that only one machine ever needs to be upgraded. You don't have to maintain two computers. This is VERY cost effective. Matt > >>>Another thing is the slow boot into Linux (Redhat), compared to Windows XP. It >>>shouldn't take that long. >> >>The time you save in not having to reboot well out weighs the time you spend >>rebooting. > >Martin
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