Fedora question: How come using `dnf upgrade` in the terminal doesn't require restarting, but using the "Software" program sometimes requires restarting, even if they update the same exact packages?

snek_boi · edit-2 2 years ago

Fedora question: How come using `dnf upgrade` in the terminal doesn't require restarting, but using the "Software" program sometimes requires restarting, even if they update the same exact packages?

armond · 2 years ago

when you use dnf, and there is a kernel update, the kernel will not be updated until you restart, yes, you will still be using the old kernel until your next restart. You can confirm this by running: uname -r. I have no idea about the unencrypt part as I don’t use encryption! sorry.

Fedora question: How come using dnf upgrade in the terminal doesn't require restarting, but using the "Software" program sometimes requires restarting, even if they update the same exact packages?

Fedora question: How come using dnf upgrade in the terminal doesn't require restarting, but using the "Software" program sometimes requires restarting, even if they update the same exact packages?

Fedora question: How come using `dnf upgrade` in the terminal doesn't require restarting, but using the "Software" program sometimes requires restarting, even if they update the same exact packages?

Fedora question: How come using `dnf upgrade` in the terminal doesn't require restarting, but using the "Software" program sometimes requires restarting, even if they update the same exact packages?