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On 30/08/2015 19:00, Dale wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> On 30/08/2015 17:56, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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>>> On Sunday 30 August 2015 00:04:43 Philip Webb wrote: |
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>>>> How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between reboots ? |
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>>>> How long between power off/on's ? |
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>>>> I've long been in the habit of switching everything off while I sleep, |
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>>>> then restarting after I've woken & got going again myself. |
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>>>> However recently, I've run into delays getting my router |
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>>>> (only 1 device attached) to shake hands successfully with my ISP's server, |
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>>>> which have been requiring several power off/on's before it works. |
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>>>> As a result, I've started rebooting only after my weekly system update |
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>>>> -- it means I get to use the new versions of everything -- |
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>>>> & not powering off at all ; the monitor + Xscreensaver are off |
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>>>> whenever I'm away from the machine for >= 1 hr (approx). |
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>>>> Are there any pro's/con's I sb aware of ? |
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>>> No-one has yet mentioned taking backups. I'm still using a brute-force |
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>>> approach, in which I shut down each of my two machines once a week to make a |
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>>> backup to external disk. Otherwise they're on 24 hours a day running BOINC |
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>>> projects. On the desktop PC kmail makes a daily archive of messages, and once |
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>>> a day a cron job copies my user directory to /home/<me>.bu/ . |
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>>> I know it burns energy but I'm prepared to make my small contribution to what |
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>>> I think is a good cause. |
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>> A desktop or laptop will typically draw far less power than a single 60W |
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>> incandescent bulb. I bet you have quite a lot of those. Even if not, the |
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>> CFLs you'll have to give you light at night still draw much much more |
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>> than a computer. |
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>> If saving energy is your personal driver, then you should be looking at |
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>> water heaters, central heaters, aircon and stove as the main culprits. |
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>> Everything else, whilst measurable, is a small drop in the bucket and |
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>> probably not worth worrying about. |
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>> Assuming of course that your computer is a desktop/laptop, and not a 42U |
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>> cabinet jam packed full of Dell 2950s |
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> Don't forget the clothes dryer to, if you have one. Mine is electric |
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> and it pulls as much as my water heater does. I just don't use it as |
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> much is all. |
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I forgot about that :-) |
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Add in almost all laundry appliances and kitchen power tools too... |
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Alan McKinnon |
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