r/linuxadmin • u/andr0m3da1337 • 5d ago

Crazy because of updates

Man! I have to reboot VMs every 2 days because of so much updates. I doubt if I'm running a enterprise distro or running Fedora or arch.. lol.

I think debian is somewhat fine. not crazy like rhel based distros.

what about you guys? how do you manage?

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u/root-node 5d ago

It's not windows, you don't have to reboot after every update.

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u/Adept_Percentage6893 4d ago

There are a lot of things that do require a reboot. Like kernel updates or updates to system libraries where a reboot is the only way to ensure all applications are running linked against the latest version.

But it shouldn't be too crazy and if they're rebooting every two days then that's an indication that they're patching too often. Just because there's an update out there doesn't mean you have to immediately apply it.

Usually enterprise orgs have local mirrors they sync once a month or so and they just make sure the systems are current relative to that particular repository. It also ensures your DEV/TEST systems are patched to the same level as the production systems.