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submitted 1 year ago by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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?

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[-] Questy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I am using Nobara, which is a Fedora based gaming distro. I definitely do not have to reboot for updates to software outside of system updates to the OS specifically. Updating Discord, Firefox, Steam, Heroic Launcher, Signal, etc does not require a reboot. Something sounds amiss. I am running straight Fedora on my Surface Pro and same story there, basically restart for system upgrades only.

[-] fhein@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Doesn't your Fedora classify 99% of all updates as "system" which arrive almost every day? Before I figured out that I could disable offline updates, I had the same user experience as OP. Well, I ignored it when it told me that I needed to reboot..

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