On 16/09/2011 03:46 AM, Darren New wrote:

> Again, it depends on what you're doing and where the Linux is living.
> I'll grant that *desktop* linux systems rarely *need* rebooting. And I'd
> argue that if you have a server whose *only* job is being a web server,
> then restarting the web server after an upgrade is essentially the same
> as a reboot, except faster.

Actually Windows is getting better at not needing to be rebooted either.

You can quite often install or uninstall software, and it doesn't bother 
asking for a reboot. It just /works/. (Indeed, lots of older software 
asks for a reboot, but actually works fine without one.)

And - fortunately - it's becoming less common to need to reboot due to 
resource leaks too.

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