Subj : Re: Bookworm update behavior
To   : All
From : The Natural Philosopher
Date : Wed Nov 05 2025 13:55:28

On 05/11/2025 03:05, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
> Bookworm prompts freqently, sometimes daily, that updates are available.
> If I click the install button the machine does its gymnastics and says
> everything is up to date. At least outwardly, no change is apparent.
> 
> Somewhere around noon the next day I_do_  notice changes. Usually
> it's in the form of some mischief; YouTube stops working right,
> WiFi stops working right, something like that. Occasionally, an
> existing misfeature dissapears, ie, YouTube works better, etc.
> 
> Am I mistaken? At least about the overnight delay?
> 
> Somewhere I got the idea that modern Linux systems don't need to
> reboot except for a kernel change. Is that correct? I've never
> seen a prompt to reboot, nor an automatic reboot, on RasPiOS.

In general you dont need to reboot, but you may need to restart some 
applications Firefox doesn't upgrade in place nicely, for example...


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