On Wednesday 23 February 2005 12:34 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > This just an idle question really ... > > Over the years people have told me how stable their linux set ups are, > and that there is no need to log off, or shut down each day. How valid > is this? In Windows I always used to shut down at end of the day. > WinXP wasn't so bad, but both 95 and 98 required lots of reboots. I did > have mandrake going all night last night as I had been to the easyurpmi > site and it took forever to update the data base. > > Is it good for the computer to leave it on all the time?
My monitor is turned off in 20 minutes. My computer stays up for days on end. Right now uptime is saying: uptime 02:16:54 up 8 days, 2:43, 1 user, load average: 2.40, 2.27, 2.11 Shut down the screen, leave the computer on, and run something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] for it to do on its down time. Rob -- Linux User #183693 http://counter.li.org/
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