Hi
Actually sometimes you do need to reboot. I have experience of upgraded
programs not working until the system is rebooted.
John Eayrs
On Tuesday 07 May 2013 14:43:25 Lisi wrote:
> On Friday 15 March 2013 22:38:55 john lewis wrote:
> > I too had similar thoughts when I read the book, the author knows too
> > much about Linux to have written that without knowing he was writing
> > 'nonsense' but I guess he is aware that there will be many windows
> > users reading it who will expect several reboots following installation
> > of a techy package like an anonomizer.
>
> I went on a Raspberry Pi workshop on Friday, located in the Computing
> Department of Protsdmouth University. One university computing student
> wandered in and joined in with me and my "partner". She reckoned to know
> Linux.
>
> The organiser of the workshop told us to apt-get update, apt-get upgrade,
> and then reboot, and I was wondering why on earth we needed to reboot.*
> The student said: "You have to reboot after you update." Erm... not in
> Linux/Debian. "Of course you have to reboot after an update!" Erm... No,
> you don't - unless there is a new kernel. At that point (luckily) she
> gave up on that and went on to the next problem.
>
> Not bad for an average man or woman in the street, but worrying in a
> computing student who said that she knew Linux!!
>
> Lisi
>
> *In case you are wondering, when I went up to the chap and asked, the
> answer was "To check that everything is O.K."
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