[lubuntu-users] Unexpected system restart requested.

[E James]

On 28/05/16 07:35, Simon Quigley wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> All of the packages are updated, and in those packages are system services that need to be restarted for the update to be applied. It's just easier to reboot than to have to restart each process one by one.
> 

Thanks for the prompt reply and apologies for attaching my enquiry to the Lubuntu-users Digest message. When it comes to mailing lists, I don't quite understand how Thunderbird works. 

Is there something unusual about those packages or is this a change in policy? It has been my experience since 6.06 that, unlike Windows, Linux usually does not need a restart with software updates. I don't know about other people, but once I get my desktop layout the way I want it, I'm in no hurry to restart and some of my PCs run for several days or even months without a restart.