Possibly linux@lemmy.zipM to Captain's mess@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 month agoHot patching should be the normlemmy.zipimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down13
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minus-squarerefalolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoAgreed. Ubuntu keeps this behind a paywall (or maybe just a sell-your-data wall), but I see no reason the same patches can’t be built and provided for free.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI can understand why I suppose I was more talking about Windows and Android. Windows recently got hot patching support but it is only on Windows server.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoAndroid updates are large enough that I imagine every single one comes with a new kernel and core libraries. Exchanging those without a reboot is hard and usually not worth the risk. On Windows, that’s a central architectural decision made on the 90s. It won’t change.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWell hot patching is a thing on Windows when you pay the right price
Agreed. Ubuntu keeps this behind a paywall (or maybe just a sell-your-data wall), but I see no reason the same patches can’t be built and provided for free.
I can understand why I suppose
I was more talking about Windows and Android. Windows recently got hot patching support but it is only on Windows server.
Android updates are large enough that I imagine every single one comes with a new kernel and core libraries.
Exchanging those without a reboot is hard and usually not worth the risk.
On Windows, that’s a central architectural decision made on the 90s. It won’t change.
Well hot patching is a thing on Windows when you pay the right price