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		kenjackson 48 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background w... It is security patches only. To take all the other patches you do need to reboot, which is why it still has quarterly reboots. No real OS has solved this problem.

mapontosevenths 47 days ago [–]

A 90% answer is better than no answer, which is what we've had for 40 years now.

Linux only requires rebooting for kernel updates, and with kpatch not even that.

1718627440 46 days ago | [–]

Note that you can also only reboot the kernel, but keep userspace.

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