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How to Avoid Server Reboots with Ubuntu Livepatch

If you administer your own server(s), sooner or later you face this problem: you have to reboot the operating system, but the machine provides an important service that you can’t interrupt. But why reboot in the first place? Everything seems to be working fine after an apt-get upgrade command. However, things are not always as they seem. Even though the system happily continues to run after every upgrade, not forcing a reboot like Windows does, it might still need one. For example, when a vulnerability in the core of the system (kernel) is discovered, it is patched… Read more

How to Avoid Server Reboots with Ubuntu Livepatch

If you administer your own server(s), sooner or later you face this problem: you have to reboot the operating system, but the machine provides an important service that you can’t interrupt. But why reboot in the first place? Everything seems to be working fine after an apt-get upgrade command. However, things are not always as they seem. Even though the system happily continues to run after every upgrade, not forcing a reboot like Windows does, it might still need one. For example, when a vulnerability in the core of the system (kernel) is discovered, it is patched… Read more

Microsoft Adds Linux Kernel to Windows – How Does this Affect You?

Linux is no stranger to Windows. In the past we’ve reported on how Linux was implemented into Windows 10. Recently, Microsoft has gone the additional step and announced an update for the implementation of a whole Linux kernel to the operating system. But what does this mean, and – most importantly – what does it mean for Windows users? Why Microsoft Is Adding a Linux Kernel Again, Linux isn’t totally new on Windows. For a while now Windows 10 had what’s called the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). WSL focused on allowing Windows to run Linux tools such as Bash. It didn’t allow people… Read more