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 5155E1384C0 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 09:42:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A6CFE0878; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 09:42:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com (mail-wi0-f170.google.com [209.85.212.170]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D359FE086E for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 09:42:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wicpl12 with SMTP id pl12so4883503wic.0 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 02:42:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=EOYCV8Nrg7rBrwdDuTSJ1p+zMchbQhKBYbhp848IPFg=; b=xLeyY7B1b5SuRDhd3/tWAm/W8MAfEepoRCTJOovH7tElvpcUO5pas0rMd2+8GWvTkX r47XPFWjqa9JxWn8fH77wnMJnSlaR8P1PtBnroTMnHpL2ayMJNgiP6JjDhbyBewEMM+X /yZpWeu9VO5TLbb1T6T0c9ybkjdaB4BVWCxsQrR1MbTqCzu46aJ0MdjDlOO3+8Gw9uJ6 Ss5vqdh7OAVBk+8xW710p53luP1brf83DPoGDYlmreMaOBtHqtreJfVlnt3R+BFYP5ag tuv4trJ0Z6VODbE+cSnJ1Z8B8G2XsC99U4wQMzxVRjiLGLNTinePWo1BUXZ9VSVeD902 obNg== X-Received: by 10.180.8.135 with SMTP id r7mr14253996wia.58.1440927730622; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 02:42:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] ([105.210.27.19]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id 4sm16565025wjt.46.2015.08.30.02.42.09 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 30 Aug 2015 02:42:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20150830040443.GA1081@ca.inter.net> From: Alan McKinnon X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Message-ID: <55E2CFE6.7050303@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 11:41:58 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 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 In-Reply-To: <20150830040443.GA1081@ca.inter.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 97ecb425-4260-413a-bc99-d37fa8a03b9d X-Archives-Hash: 260faa4247f8da860b808df0fba2ecf3 On 30/08/2015 06:04, 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 ? > Mine depends. I typically do a deliberate reboot only when wanting a new kernel running. Sometimes it's a few days, often up to a month or more. Overnight I usually suspend the machine. This works for me because I usually have a standard array of apps spread over 6 virtual desktops and I forget how everything was set up (advancing age...) It's very seldom that an emerge world needs a reboot so that isn't included in the above. checkrestart and sometimes a log out/log in takes care of getting updated software to run. This is Gentoo not windows, so I see no benefit to frequent daily reboots. Monthly or so, or when new kernels are advised, suits my needs. An aside: I've also proudly played the uptime game, and had remote DNS servers with 1600 days uptime. It looks impressive, but all it really proves is I'm a short-sighted idiot who doesn't do kernel updates :-) So I don't do that extreme anymore. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com