Even back in the Windows 3.1 or 95 days I didn’t have to reboot this often - sometimes twice a day. Seems a bit excessive?
you should only need to reboot when updating the kernel. Why are you rebooting? Is it because the system is unresponsive?
I'm using the KDE version and updates come in automatically through Discover. They almost always announce in the system tray that a reboot is required.
You also don't have to reboot when Discover says to. It's just saying that the updates won't take effect until you reboot. It could probably be worded better, for sure.
I think that installing new versions often means that particular services need to be restarted. Rather than implement logic to restart relevant services, it probably just says "fuck it, reboot".
Eh, no. It only downloads the packages, then asks you to reboot and installs the new packages during the boot process. This means you get a clean system afterward in which no pre-update binaries are being run anymore. It just comes at the price that you need a full reboot for something that usually needs a session relogin at worst.
On the other hand you rather have to put a gun to the average GUI user's head to get them to reboot ever, otherwise the computer will sit there for months on end until finally they shut it down once and it can finally apply updates.
Honestly that little reboot icon in the sys tray is sort of like a loaded gun pointed at me
sigh… i hate to say it but do your updates via command line because it will actually tell you if you need a reboot. As said above, it should only be for Kernel updates, and even then it will tell you that it will switch kernels next reboot and keep running on the current one.
Most desktop applications for doing updates ask you to reboot not because its needed, but because they are being “safe” or not running with the same user rights as you are in the terminal.
Why does no other distro do that though? I’ve tried a bunch before and this is the first time I get that notification sitting there taunting me.
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Dude just change discover's update mechanism in the settings. Discover usually reboots to install updates so that nothing goes wrong. You can change it though, so that updates are applied instantly. That way you'll only need to reboot for kernel updates.
Can you provide more details on why you were forced to reboot so regularly?
If you're using KDE, you can go to System Settings > Software Updates and
- Set the notification frequency to weekly or monthly to reduce the number of update notifications.
- Disable offline updates. This will install updates while you're using the system and you can choose to reboot when/if you want.
Opening Discover will check for updates and, if updates are found, show the tray notification regardless of your notification frequency and when you last updated.
Fedora does roll out updates pretty much daily, which can be annoying, but you can choose what and when to update.
