Re: Shutdown my Laptop? Why should I?
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Robert Brockway wrote:
> I'm going piggy back a couple responses here...
>
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Digby Tarvin wrote:
[snip]
>> I would also suggest a reboot any time you use apt to do an
>> upgrade,
>
> I'd modify this a little. I schedule a reboot to follow any
> significant security upgrade or when important libraries are
> updated. In essence the key is to avoid leaving compromised
> binaries and libs in memory even if the on-disk copies are fixed.
> If in doubt schedule a reboot.
Restarting all services *should* be all that is necessary when
upgrading core libraries. However, it's just as easy, and easier,
to just reboot the box.
There goes your 490 day uptime, though...
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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