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|    The Natural Philosopher to All    |
|    Re: Bookworm update behavior    |
|    05 Nov 25 13:55:28    |
      MSGID: <10efl0h$e8mm$1@dont-email.me> 9d90af7e       REPLY: <10eeeul$430g$1@dont-email.me> 76161650       PID: PyGate 1.5       TID: PyGate/Linux 1.5       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: 0000       REPLYADDR tnp@invalid.invalid       REPLYTO 3:633/10 UUCP       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...                     --        You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a        kind word alone.              Al Capone                                   --- PyGate Linux v1.5        * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/14 305 153/7715 154/110 218/700       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 112 200 206 275 300 317 400 426 428       SEEN-BY: 229/470 616 664 700 705 266/512 291/111 292/854 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/10 280 414 418 420 422 509 2744       SEEN-BY: 712/848 770/1 902/26 2320/105 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 633/10 280 229/426           |
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