Ksplice Offers Rebootless Updates For Ubuntu Systems

sdasher writes "Ksplice has started offering Ksplice Uptrack for Ubuntu Jaunty, a free service that delivers rebootless versions of all the latest Ubuntu kernel security updates. It's currently available for both the 32 and 64-bit generic kernel, and they plan to add support for the virtual and server kernels by the end of the month, according to their FAQ. This makes Ubuntu the first OS that doesn't need to be rebooted for security updates. (We covered Ksplice's underlying technology when it was first announced a year ago.)"

Comments

Left are the Zombies..

[htiawe]

Now we need a ksplice for zombies instead of having to reboot to clear some of the nasty zombie processes.

Re:Left are the Zombies..

[onefriedrice]

Actually, it's simpler than that. A child process whose parent dies will be adopted by init immediately (not re-parented up the chain). If the process is a zombie (because of a bad-behaving parent process), removing the zombie is as simple as killing the parent, at which point init will adopt and reap the zombie because init always waits on its children. Running "telinit u" might make init reap the zombie quicker, but it will happen eventually anyway so that command is very much optional (and not recommended since zombies are harmless anyway).

Re:Left are the Zombies..

[MrNaz]

Zombies are not harmless! You obviously don't watch enough movies.

Re:Left are the Zombies..

[Tumbleweed]

Zombies are not harmless! You obviously don't watch enough movies.

Look, _clearly_ there are dangers inherent to zombies, but if YOU had watched enough movies, like, say, Shaun of the Dead, you'd realize they can be made into productive members of society (well, videogame consumers, anyway) if handled appropriately.

As the tshirt says, "Reduce - Reuse - Reanimate. Reduce our dependency on the funerary industrial complex." Get with the program!

Less that 20 second reboot.

[yourassOA]

Isn't that kinda the big thing with Jaunty other that the cooler looking login? They make the boot time real short and two months later "Oh hey you don't need to reboot." This is pointless.

Re:GPL "terms of service"?

[Anonymous Coward]

But an apple isn't much different from an orange:

Edible
Fruit
Grows on trees
Spherical
Approximately the same size
Commonly available

Kinda makes that whole "comparing apples to oranges" argument pretty stupid sounding.

Re:Windows has been doing this for 6 years

[Anonymous Coward]

Well - that explains the reboots.

Re:Great!

[darkpixel2k]

I can see it now... "Kid. This was your fathers laptop. Cherish it as he did. It currently has just over 6 decades of uptime. With any luck, you'll be able to reach 13 or 14..."

Re:GPL "terms of service"?

[_Sprocket_]

No kidding. This thread and the original topic is like apples and oranges.

Re:GPL "terms of service"?

[_Sprocket_]

Kinda makes that whole "comparing apples to oranges" argument pretty stupid sounding.

Right up to the point that you bake a pie.

Re:GPL "terms of service"?

[x2A]

It's not even tangerinely related?

Re:GPL "terms of service"?

[mikechant]

How can you call something who's pealing is not edible a fruit?

It'd hope it's 'pealing' would be audible rather than edible.

Re:Great!

[smallfries]

Watched Pulp Fiction too many times but I can't help but read that in a Christopher Walken voice and expect you to continue:

"when he was shot down over Hanoi he had this laptop with him..."

Re:GPL "terms of service"?

[iggymanz]

this thread is really persimmony off.