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		curt15 56 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenSUSE Kalpa Isn't the point of Linux kernel live patching (kexec, ksplice) to reduce the need for rebooting after kernel updates? There's certainly a user base that still aims to maximize system uptime.

lproven 56 days ago [–]

Yes it is, but that's for servers. This is a desktop OS.

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