Linux Kernel-Based Operating Systems Will Have 100% Uptime Thanks to Live Patching

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Marius Nestor
Feb 14, 2015

Live patching is the hottest trend when we’re talking about Linux kernel-based operating systems. It was created by SUSE, based on KGraft, and distributed in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server distribution at the end of 2014. Everyone knows that Linux systems don’t require a reboot every time some packages have been updated, except for the kernel. Well, this is not the case anymore with live patching.

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Marius Nestor

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