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