Kernel Updates on 12.04

[Hans Muecke]

Am 31.05.2013 09:52, schrieb Amichai Rotman:

Hi Amichai,

> Hi all,
> 
> 
> I am running Ubuntu 12.04.2 and run the updates manually on a regular
> basis from the command line.
> 
> I noticed that the Kernel gets updated too often...
> 
> I know I am supposed to reboot the machine after a Kernel update, but
> that means rebooting every two days.
> 
> One of the things I like to do is run the 'uptime' command and smile :-)
> 
> 1. Why does the Kernel get updated so often?
> 2. How do I find the change log, so I can decide if I need to update /
> restart the machine?

All those recent updates have been security updates ... you can get
information about them by subsribing to the mailinglist
ubuntu-security-announce at lists.ubuntu.com

-- 
Talk to you later ... Hans (77 to go)
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