Restarting the network interface using command lines in Linux is a straight-forward procedure. While the GUI (Graphical User Interface) for Linus network configuration is more graphical and visually ...

All Linux systems have a little-known system restart function built in to the underlying kernel. Even if your computer is completely unresponsive, and pressing "Ctrl," "Alt" and "Backspace" together ...

On a well-maintained Linux system, months can go by without needing to reboot. Sooner or later, however, a security patch to the Linux kernel will require you to reboot your machine. That's not a real ...

As Linux version 4.0 was released on 15 April, one of the most discussed new features to be included in this release is "no reboot" kernel patching. With the major distros committing to support the ...

Recently I heard a lecture on best admin practices and they said to set servers to auto update and auto reboot. The few servers I have have webserver, database and an app and reboot for kernel upgrade ...

Linux: If you're running a server, always-on media box, or other system that's powered by Ubuntu, you probably don't love having to reboot just to install security updates. Ksplice, a semi-free ...