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 416AA1384C0 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:54:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E9B9142D0; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:54:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFB791428F for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:54:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 813122067F for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 09:54:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 30 Aug 2015 09:54:16 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=5OI9t1y1c+RWjTH+2uxQ2GkyI5A=; b=cUizX hYPz3As4P9DO+jbpN7JjQ1gh6WQWkhAyFqSp99cNXY+47Cao9WgR0Vhp3O8DMbhQ blUy4AzHCq+u/clkK1ZIYcAXW8p2hYxvPDvV65tAv52rlqEgoG071ytwdCc65TPk hmqGPkDvdhC2hN+7Ozz1C3gp9m8xroNPkU+/EU= X-Sasl-enc: 4ItJoXpQ/VJ35b0A65GxKFAWPl2cE4N6L/giYvV0Bi1R 1440942856 Received: from greenbeast (c-68-42-214-119.hsd1.mi.comcast.net [68.42.214.119]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2E6E1C00012; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 09:54:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 09:54:11 -0400 From: Alec Ten Harmsel To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime Message-ID: <20150830135411.GA24514@greenbeast> 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-Archives-Salt: 9e313905-ec6e-451f-b994-ecf718498eca X-Archives-Hash: 5a2f371dc0c389a47c872b420a012cc4 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 generally power off whenever I won't be using my desktop for more than 7-8 hours, since it has a big CPU, lots of RAM, decent GPU, etc. and hence draws a lot of idle power. So usually the most uptime I get on it is around 2 or 3 days. Alec