On Sunday 30 Aug 2015 08:54:16 Dale wrote:
> covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> > Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > The biggest reason I shutdown, power failure.  I use checkrestart to see
> > if/when I need to restart something after doing updates.  If for example
> > I update something in the @system area, then I just logout of the GUI,
> > go to boot runlevel, run checkrestart again to see if that did it and
> > then go back to default runlevel.  Sometimes, I have to restart
> > something by hand instead of rebooting but not to often.  Generally just
> > going to boot runlevel gets the job done.
> > 
> > One thing about not rebooting a lot, you use cache a lot which can speed
> > some things up a bit.  I have 16GBs here and most of the time, it is
> > almost all used.  How much that helps, I dunno but if it didn't help,
> > they wouldn't have it doing it.  Another good side, run updates while
> > you sleep.
> > 
> > The only bad side, more wear on things like fans and some extra dust.  I
> > try to clean my rig at least twice a year or whenever I notice the temps
> > a little higher than they should be.  Oh, pulls power all the time which
> > may not matter much depending on your electricity rates.
> > 
> > Of course, fixing that connection issue may be a good idea too.  ;-)
> > 
> > hmmm, if you go to boot run level what is the difference between that
> > and rebooting?  After a major update there are so many things to restart
> > that I usually give up and reboot the system, is actually quicker.
> 
> Hmmmm, this quoting thing didn't work right again.
> 
> For me, it is faster.  Also, rebooting can uncover a problem that I
> might not know about.  I've had a few times where I couldn't reboot for
> some unknown reason.  Plus, all the common stuff remains in cache.  Most
> of the time tho, just logging out of a GUI, KDE for me, is enough.
> Using checkrestart should tell me exactly what needs to be restarted and
> most of the time how.  About the only thing I have to restart manually,
> udev.  It's one thing that has a regular update that doesn't restart
> since it is already started before getting to the boot runlevel.
> 
> To each his own tho.  All of us has our own way of doing things of this
> nature and for varying reasons.  Some shutdown because electricity is
> expensive.  For some, that doesn't matter.  Some do it to just reduce
> noise from the fans etc.  One reason I leave mine on all the time is
> that I almost always have mine doing something.  I have tons of TV shows
> and such on here.  If I'm not doing something myself, I have it doing
> something.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)

What do you do if you install a new kernel?  You have to reboot then, yes?

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Regards,
Mick