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No More Need To Reboot Fedora w/ Ksplice

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stacking-your-nines dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ksplice, the technology that allows Linux kernel updates without a reboot, is now free for users of the Fedora distribution. Using Ksplice is like 'replacing your car's engine while speeding down the highway,' and it can potentially save your Linux systems from a lot of downtime. Since Fedora users often live on the bleeding edge of Linux development, Ksplice makes it even easier to do so, and without reboots!"

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  1. Awesome! by mark72005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    But do the windows "snap" to one side of the screen? See? Simple! ($100 please)

    1. Re:Awesome! by AhabTheArab · · Score: 4, Funny

      That was MY idea. I thought of it on my own and e-mailed Microsoft to tell them to make my PC simpler - and you know what? They did!

    2. Re:Awesome! by numbski · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ah, so Windows 6.1^H^H^H7 is all *your* fault!

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  2. Hmm... by jgagnon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Changing your car's oil while driving down the highway could be tricky, too.

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    1. Re:Hmm... by Sulphur · · Score: 3, Funny

      My tires always rotate while driving down the road. If you had an axle up your ____, you would rotate too.

  3. Now this is even more applicable by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.imagepoop.com/image/660/I-Reboot-As-Much-As-I-Get-Laid.html

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    1. Re:Now this is even more applicable by adisakp · · Score: 2, Funny

      I Reboot As Much As I Get Laid

      Man, that would be great for Windows users - not to mention they would *REALLY* look forward to Patch Tuesday.

  4. Re:Scary analogy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Using Ksplice is like changing your tampon while speeding down the highway

  5. Re:Scary analogy by EkriirkE · · Score: 4, Funny

    It makes a bloody mess? I don't know about that...

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    to 45 2F 6E 40 3C DF 10 71 4E 41 DF AA 25 7D 31 3F
  6. Re:So... by Ironhandx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows user is middle of the road. He has brains and money but not enough of either.

  7. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Windows user = a poverty of both

  8. Re:interesting by vlm · · Score: 2, Funny

    When you have around 1500 production servers to patch, such as with the memmap 0 bug last year, doing them one-by-one, or even in small batches, remotely over IP KVM takes a long-ass time.

    One single line using pssh, dsh, dish, or no lines at all when using a very fancied up puppet configuration?

    Do you like toggle in boot code over the IP KVM like a PDP-8 or what?

    The ability to do something the hard way, does not prove the lack of existence of an easier way.

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  9. Re:Scary analogy by Spad · · Score: 4, Funny

    They should have stuck with their original slogan: "Using Ksplice is like updating your kernel without rebooting"

  10. Re:Old hat by Shikaku · · Score: 4, Funny

    diff mainline patch
    )

  11. Re:interesting by TooMuchToDo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your post is accurate =) *shakes fist*

  12. Re:Old hat by Abcd1234 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I never said anything of the kind.

    But hey, you got to show off that you know what a lisp machine is, so bully for you.