Recently I heard a lecture on best admin practices and they said to set servers to auto update and auto reboot. The few servers I have have webserver, database and an app and reboot for kernel ...

You can, however, configure Linux to automatically reboot on a kernel panic by making a small modification to /etc/sysctl.conf, a configuration file that tweaks many kernel operating parameters.

Ksplice Uptrack, whose general availability was announced today, eliminates the need to reboot Linux servers to perform monthly updates and security patches, the Cambridge, Mass. company said.

On those infrequent occasions when you need to reboot Linux, you may find that the process takes longer than you'd like. Jack Wallen shares a number of tricks you can use to reduce boot times.

Restarting the network interface using command lines in Linux is a straight-forward procedure. While the GUI (Graphical User Interface) for Linus network configuration is more graphical and visually ...

With Linux 4.0, we're one step closer to the version of Linux used by the T-800 Terminator. But it's full of handy improvements!