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  1. #26
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    If you use GNU/Linux, you need to reboot only for kernel updates (maybe 3-5 times a year). Every other part of the system can be restarted on its own, without needing the whole OS to go down.

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    Only reboot on kernel upgrades, in 95% of problems, a reboot may fix it but its not required. I cant stand how people reboot and reboot to fix issues on linux/bsd servers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steven
    Only reboot on kernel upgrades, in 95% of problems, a reboot may fix it but its not required. I cant stand how people reboot and reboot to fix issues on linux/bsd servers.
    Sounds like their Windows 95 roots, because even Windows Server 2003 can restart most subsystems without a reboot.

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    rebootin is like chicken soup. it can't hurt.
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    Funny coincidence... for some reason, KDE started freezing on my home desktop system so I had to reboot it a couple times. Bah

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loktari
    Funny coincidence... for some reason, KDE started freezing on my home desktop system so I had to reboot it a couple times. Bah
    That's no reason for a reboot, you could've simply restarted kde from a console without rebooting your computer.

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    Good point Unfortunately I had no way to login because I don't have SSHD running on this machine. Guess I'm not 1337 enough... oh well.

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    I meant the local console (maybe you know it as "text mode").

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    Quote Originally Posted by RambOrc
    I meant the local console (maybe you know it as "text mode").
    That was the first thing I tried, but they keyboard didn't respond in any way.

    Oh well..... it's fixed now. Looks like some cache file got corrupted causing freezups.

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    Reboot it after a kernel upgrade, that is about it... There should be no other need to reboot it, especially if it has been running fine for 1 year without a reboot. Though, you're then saying you went a full year without a single kernel upgrade?
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