Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime

[Alan McKinnon]

On 30/08/2015 06:04, Philip Webb wrote:
> How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between reboots ?
> How long between power off/on's ?
>
> I've long been in the habit of switching everything off while I sleep,
> then restarting after I've woken & got going again myself.
> However recently, I've run into delays getting my router
> (only  1  device attached) to shake hands successfully with my ISP's server,
> which have been requiring several power off/on's before it works.
> As a result, I've started rebooting only after my weekly system update
> -- it means I get to use the new versions of everything --
> & not powering off at all ; the monitor + Xscreensaver are off
> whenever I'm away from the machine for  >= 1 hr  (approx).
>
> Are there any pro's/con's I sb aware of ?
>


Mine depends. I typically do a deliberate reboot only when wanting a new
kernel running. Sometimes it's a few days, often up to a month or more.

Overnight I usually suspend the machine. This works for me because I
usually have a standard array of apps spread over 6 virtual desktops and
I forget how everything was set up (advancing age...)

It's very seldom that an emerge world needs a reboot so that isn't
included in the above. checkrestart and sometimes a log out/log in takes
care of getting updated software to run.

This is Gentoo not windows, so I see no benefit to frequent daily
reboots. Monthly or so, or when new kernels are advised, suits my needs.

An aside: I've also proudly played the uptime game, and had remote DNS
servers with 1600 days uptime. It looks impressive, but all it really
proves is I'm a short-sighted idiot who doesn't do kernel updates :-)

So I don't do that extreme anymore.

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Alan McKinnon
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