From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 985D21384C0 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:25:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 82A75142EA; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:25:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (mail.muc.de [193.149.48.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 455F3142AA for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:25:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 71186 invoked by uid 3782); 30 Aug 2015 13:25:30 -0000 Received: from acm.muc.de (p579E98A4.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [87.158.152.164]) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 15:25:29 +0200 Received: (qmail 2807 invoked by uid 1000); 30 Aug 2015 13:26:36 -0000 Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:26:36 +0000 To: Gentoo User Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime Message-ID: <20150830132636.GB2724@acm.fritz.box> References: <20150830040443.GA1081@ca.inter.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150830040443.GA1081@ca.inter.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) From: Alan Mackenzie X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: 5c1bfc04-91ed-49fc-9651-2f143d45de85 X-Archives-Hash: b036c96aef9601985059a34aa4616b71 Hello, Philip. On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:04:43AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between reboots ? > How long between power off/on's ? I switch my PC on in the morning when I want to start using it. I switch it off before going to bed, or going out shopping, or things like that. I don't like wasting electricity. > 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. Unfortunately, I need to leave my router permanently powered up, which I resent. German telephone companies have been offering only VOIP telephone connections for some while, now, which basically means that instead of the companies converting IP packets into a telephone signal, every subscriber's got to do it himself. So where people could previously simply buy a telephone handset and plug it into the wall, they've now potentially got to spend extra on a router and somehow manage to configure that router. And of course, the router contuously wastes electricity, waiting for that occasional incoming call, whereas previously the handset was only powered up, from the exchange, when a call was in progress. Progress this is not. > 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 ? > -- > ========================,,============================================ > SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb > ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto > TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).