Ksplice Uptrack is an update service for the Linux kernel; it automatically delivers security and reliability improvements to your machine, without the disruption of rebooting.
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I'm currently running Precise (12.04 LTS), along with ksplice to perform rebootless updates. However, just recently, it isn't working properly.
The Ksplice Uptrack manager told me there were some updates to apply, so I clicked install, and it has now been showing a 'Working: Please wait a moment' dialog which never moves along. This time it has been running about 24 hours without progress.
This is a loaded question because I'm already aware of, and am very interested in ksplice. The problem is that since they were bought by Oracle, they have been forced to pull numerous server distributions from the offerings.
Generally, all Linux distributions needs a scheduled reboot once to stay up to date with important kernel security updates. RHN (or other distro vendors) provides Linux kernel security updates. You can apply kernel updates using yum command or apt-get command line options. After each upgrade you need to reboot the server.
How would you like to never reboot again? That's what ksplice promises for Linux users.
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Ubuntu 13.04 is the newest release of Ubuntu, released on April 25, 2013. In the desktop, performance on lightweight systems was a core focus for this cycle, as a result 13.04 delivers significantly faster response times in casual use, and a reduced memory footprint. Key desktop updates are; Unity 7, Upstart 1.8, LibreOffice 4.0, CUPS 1.6.2 and cups-filters 1.0.34 and Python 3.3.
This tutorial shows how to automatically download and install security updates in remote Ubuntu 12.04.
If you manage remote ubuntu via ssh, follow the steps:
1. ssh to remote ubuntu, and install unattended-upgrades by:
sudo apt-get install unattended-upgrades
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