It's not unreasonably to expect to have to restart a piece of software on upgrading it. If you're upgrading the whole operating system that means a reboot.
Hopefully we'll have a Kubuntu version of dist-upgrade at some point in the future which will make the process smoother. ** Changed in: kdebase (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- WISHLIST: Kubuntu/KDE did not work without reboot after upgrade to Dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/58816 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs