All Linux systems have a little-known system restart function built in to the underlying kernel. Even if your computer is completely unresponsive, and pressing "Ctrl," "Alt" and "Backspace ...

On a well-maintained Linux system, months can go by without needing to reboot. Sooner or later, however, a security patch to the Linux kernel will require you to reboot your machine. That's not a ...

Update system and all packages not pinned by APT apt: autoclean: yes autoremove: yes force_apt_get: True name: "*" state: latest update_cache: True # Task - name: Check if a reboot is required ...

the standard Linux filesystem is designed to handle abrupt system changes without corrupting files. However, data that only exists in memory may be lost if not saved to disk before the restart.