On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 14:37 +0930, Tim wrote:
At least, with us, you generally only have to reboot to use the
update.
You can stay on the prior one, in the meantime. Unlike Windows, which
often has to reboot, you can't keep on using the computer, or other
things won't install until you reboot.
I often keep using Windows after installing updates, postponing a reboot
until it is convenient. Never had a problem (not in recent memory
anyways - with the more recent versions of Windows - 2000 through 7).
Thankfully, I find it's few things that do require a reboot,
usually
only the kernel.
These days package-kit seems to tell me I need to reboot *most* of the
time. :-( Yes, some those reboots may not actually *required* if I know
what needs to be restarted. Not sure which you meant...
Brian