kernel update warning
Kam Leo
kam.leo at gmail.com
Mon Feb 25 23:01:47 UTC 2008
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Valent Turkovic
<valent.turkovic at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Mark LaPierre <marklapier at aol.com> wrote:
> > Valent Turkovic wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I just saw that opensuse 10.3 has an warning when there is a kernel update.
> > > Look how they handle this:
> > > http://www.uploadgeek.com/uploads456/0/new-kernel.png
> > >
> > > What do you think would this also be nice if Fedora had something like
> > > this or not?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Valent.
> > >
> > >
> > Hey Valent,
> >
> > Fedora does notify you that a reboot is required if you update the
> > kernal. When the updater is done running it asks if you want to reboot
> > [NOW] or [LATER]. It's not a pretty splash screen, it just works.
>
> You missed the point. Opensuse warns you BEFORE installing the kernel
> and asks you if you want to update the kernel. Fedora just does it and
> tells you that you should reboot as soon as possible.
> Do you see the difference?
>
>
> Valent
You are nit-picking. Most users want kernel security updates. Those
who have special requirements, e.g. only one particular version works
with their setup, will disable updating the kernel.
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