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_kb 58 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Have you restarted your computer this week?

IMO the power of NixOS is at the other extreme. Set it up with Impermanence (https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Impermanence) and reboot often.

Also worth flagging if you are only ever switching in new configs Kernel patches, firmware, or updates to systemd won’t apply until next boot.

anon291 57 days ago [–]

I usually kexec into new kernels, but rarely, I do reboot for firmware updates.

My system is rebooted sometimes due to power, and while it comes back just fine... there's no need to reboot a computer that works.

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