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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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root@fireball / # uprecords |
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# Uptime | System |
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Boot up |
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----------------------------+--------------------------------------------------- |
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1 193 days, 09:28:37 | Linux 3.5.3-gentoo Sat Sep 22 |
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07:50:38 2012 |
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2 116 days, 16:24:24 | Linux 3.16.3-gentoo Mon Oct 13 |
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20:27:52 2014 |
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3 111 days, 00:34:49 | Linux 3.18.7-gentoo Tue Mar 31 |
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18:57:19 2015 |
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4 101 days, 18:34:17 | Linux 3.5.3-gentoo Wed Dec 31 |
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18:00:00 1969 |
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5 72 days, 12:03:16 | Linux 3.9.5-gentoo Sat Jul 13 |
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19:11:24 2013 |
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6 69 days, 00:44:23 | Linux 3.11.6-gentoo Mon Jan 6 |
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03:33:34 2014 |
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7 66 days, 11:00:52 | Linux 3.9.5-gentoo Thu Oct 31 |
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15:54:27 2013 |
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8 51 days, 23:49:06 | Linux 3.13.6-gentoo Sun Mar 23 |
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15:53:30 2014 |
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9 46 days, 01:07:54 | Linux 3.16.0-gentoo Thu Aug 28 |
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15:48:57 2014 |
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10 36 days, 11:40:14 | Linux 3.14.0-gentoo Mon May 19 |
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16:05:48 2014 |
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-> 28 6 days, 20:58:28 | Linux 3.18.7-gentoo Sun Aug 23 |
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02:14:26 2015 |
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1up in 1 day , 01:40:30 | at Mon Aug 31 |
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00:53:23 2015 |
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t10 in 29 days, 14:41:47 | at Mon Sep 28 |
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13:54:40 2015 |
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no1 in 186 days, 12:30:10 | at Thu Mar 3 |
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10:43:03 2016 |
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up 1179 days, 07:42:13 | since Wed Dec 31 |
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18:00:00 1969 |
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down 15497 days, 20:30:4 | since Wed Dec 31 |
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18:00:00 1969 |
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%up 7.071 | since Wed Dec 31 |
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18:00:00 1969 |
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root@fireball / # |
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The biggest reason I shutdown, power failure. I use checkrestart to see |
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if/when I need to restart something after doing updates. If for example |
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I update something in the @system area, then I just logout of the GUI, |
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go to boot runlevel, run checkrestart again to see if that did it and |
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then go back to default runlevel. Sometimes, I have to restart |
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something by hand instead of rebooting but not to often. Generally just |
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going to boot runlevel gets the job done. |
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One thing about not rebooting a lot, you use cache a lot which can speed |
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some things up a bit. I have 16GBs here and most of the time, it is |
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almost all used. How much that helps, I dunno but if it didn't help, |
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they wouldn't have it doing it. Another good side, run updates while |
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you sleep. |
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The only bad side, more wear on things like fans and some extra dust. I |
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try to clean my rig at least twice a year or whenever I notice the temps |
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a little higher than they should be. Oh, pulls power all the time which |
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may not matter much depending on your electricity rates. |
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Of course, fixing that connection issue may be a good idea too. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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