Kernel releases

[Andrew Martin]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Carlson" <Christopher.Carlson at zodiacaerospace.com>
> To: "Paul Smith" <paul at mad-scientist.net>
> Cc: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:49:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Kernel releases
> 
> Thank you for your reply, Paul.
> 
> BTW, I'm running 14.04.2 LTS.x86_64.
> 
> I also don't always restart, but I presume the only reason we got a kernel
> update is because of a bug or security, which encourages me to restart. It
> nags at me (not the system, but my concern that there's a problem lurking).
> 
> My whining is brought on by my strong dislike of Microsoft, and I get
> irritated that I have to reboot my Windows 7 machine every week. To think
> that Ubuntu is following in their footsteps concerns me.
> 
> Yes, I could scan the release notes to see if I really need this update, and
> thanks for the link. I've only got 57 of them on my system. Ugh. I have to
> clean up my /boot directory every couple of months or so to keep it
> reasonable.
> 
> Anyway, I appreciate the time you took to respond to me.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Chris Carlson
> 

Chris,

Linux kernel 4.0 supports live-patching of the kernel, so perhaps we will see
this integrated into a future Ubuntu release, which would mean you wouldn't
have to reboot to install kernel security fixes:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/4/12/178

Andrew