[SlugLUG] New Install report

[Peter Belew]

A recent kernel update was partially due to some problems, including
sound problems, with some VIA chipsets. (I also still haven't rebooted to
see if the sound problem on one of my computers was fixed).

Peter

On 9/18/06, Rohan Sheth <ronashet at ucsc.edu> wrote:
> Ubuntu will only have you reboot on kernel updates.  Recently they have
> had a few kernel updates, they are more rare in the long run.  Usually
> the kernel is only updated for security fixes and actual kernel
> versions are released in new Ubuntu versions not within a release.
>
> --Rohan
>
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:16:55 -0700
> Eric Carter <eacarter at greenstorm.net> wrote:
>
> > I installed Ubuntu a week or so ago and so far everything is going
> > fairly well. I have a few services to setup still (svn and imap among
> > others) and I've got some issues with config files still (korganizer's
> > appointments are all 14 hours early!) but so far it's pretty sweet. I
> > really like all the detailed documentation on Ubuntu. It seems like most
> > things are copy and paste guides and the only issue's I've had so far
> > was getting a few things to run as services or load on startup.
> >
> > One curiosity that I've noted, which has become a question for other
> > Ubuntu users: Friday Ubuntu asked me to reboot my computer to apply a
> > security update. How often does this happen? Is this only for kernel
> > updates? Or do other packages ask for a restart too? I am discontent
> > with the idea of having to restart. :P ( still haven't done it and it's
> > monday already).
> >
> >
> > EC
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