• Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 days ago

      You don’t have to reboot after updating Debian (and most mutable distros I think?) packages, you just need to restart the updated software/software using updated libraries.

      The easiest way to achieve this is of course to reboot, but it’s not required at all.

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        When you are neck-deep in a (possibly mult-day) project where a restart would lose your place, I wouldn’t really call this ‘elegant’…

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          Yes, saving is definitely not a thing in any app…

          What I was specifically referencing there though is that Linux distro upgrade installers universally suck AFAIK. They break left and right and when they do they basically take out the system. Otherwise, Windows’ behavior there does suck a fair bit