On Sunday 30 August 2015 00:04:43 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 ?
No-one has yet mentioned taking backups. I'm still using a brute-force approach, in which I shut down each of my two machines once a week to make a backup to external disk. Otherwise they're on 24 hours a day running BOINC projects. On the desktop PC kmail makes a daily archive of messages, and once a day a cron job copies my user directory to /home/<me>.bu/ . I know it burns energy but I'm prepared to make my small contribution to what I think is a good cause. -- Rgds Peter
