diff --git a/check-reboot b/check-reboot
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7aad58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check-reboot
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+HOSTS_FILE="${HOME}/.server_hosts"
+host_array=()
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+GREEN='\033[1;32m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+# Read hosts from ~/.server_hosts
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+    host_array+=("$line")
+done < "${HOSTS_FILE}"
+
+for host in "${host_array[@]}"; do
+    hostname=$(echo "$host" | cut --delimiter="@" --fields=2)
+    if ssh "$host" -- test -f /etc/redhat-release; then
+        if ssh "$host" -- sudo needs-restarting -r >/dev/null; then
+            echo -e "$hostname: ${GREEN}OK${NC}"
+        else
+            ssh "$host" -- sudo systemctl reboot >/dev/null
+            echo -e "$hostname: ${YELLOW}Reboot initiated${NC}"
+            notify-send "$hostname: Reboot initiated"
+        fi
+    elif ssh "$host" -- test -f /etc/debian_version; then
+        if ssh "$host" -- ! test -f /var/run/reboot-required; then
+            echo -e "$hostname: ${GREEN}OK${NC}"
+        else
+            ssh "$host" -- sudo systemctl reboot >/dev/null
+            echo -e "$hostname: ${YELLOW}Reboot initiated${NC}"
+            notify-send "$hostname: Reboot initiated"
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "$hostname is not a Debian/Ubuntu or RHEL-compatible system."
+        echo "Reboot check aborted"
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/reboot_check b/reboot_check
deleted file mode 100755
index b67e0ab..0000000
--- a/reboot_check
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# This script reads user@host lines from ~/.server_hosts. Each host
-# is a RHEL-like operating system where the dnf-utils and
-# dnf-automatic packages are installed. dnf-automatic is configured
-# to download and apply updates periodically. The 'needs-restarting'
-# command provided by the dnf-utils packages is assumed to be
-# available on each host. Each host is checked via SSH to see if it
-# needs-restarting after core libraries and services have been
-# updated since the last boot-up. If a restart has been initiated for
-# a given host, notify-send will notify the user.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-HOST_FILE="${HOME}/.server_hosts"
-host_array=()
-RED='\033[1;31m'
-YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
-GREEN='\033[1;32m'
-NC='\033[0m'
-
-# Read hosts from ~/.server_hosts
-while IFS= read -r line; do
-    host=$(echo $line)
-    host_array+=($host)
-done < "${HOST_FILE}"
-
-for host in "${host_array[@]}"; do
-    hostname=$(echo $host | cut --delimiter="@" --fields=2)
-    if ssh "$host" -- sudo needs-restarting -r >/dev/null; then
-        echo -e "$hostname: ${GREEN}OK${NC}"
-    else
-        ssh "$host" -- sudo systemctl reboot >/dev/null
-        echo -e "$hostname: ${RED}Restart initiated${NC}"
-        notify-send "$hostname: Restart initiated"
-    fi
-done