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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

If you don't know how this works, click this link (fngt.gq). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down.

NOTE: That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask theBuddha, or myself.

If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only.

Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then you can donate.

Reminder: December 23rd is going to be our Christmas edition of the Friday Night Guitar Thread. Get to working on your Christmas songs now so they are done in time!

**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask theBuddha, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate). **Reminder:** December 23rd is going to be our Christmas edition of the Friday Night Guitar Thread. Get to working on your Christmas songs *now* so they are done in time!

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kind of like some apps require a reboot to install

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Yeah... Most everything can be restarted for the changes to take place, but if you restart the kernel that means rebooting. You can't do one without the other. So, if it's a new kernel that's installed it's not actually working without being restarted.

Life patching helps but can't do everything. At the end of the day, you can plan on rebooting a Linux server every three to four months - or possibly a year (up to 18 months) with the various live-patching solutions. Live patching basically modifies the runtime code on the fly. This adds overhead and complexity, so you'll still wanna reboot eventually.

Some folks never reboot. Not once. Last I knew, there was an AIX system that hadn't been rebooted fo like 20-something years.

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a lot of servers are accessed 24/7 so you dont really want them down

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Yup. The server hosting linux-tips has gone 334 days without rebooting.