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 2D4091384C0 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 15:21:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D1BD6E08E8; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 15:21:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com (mail-wi0-f177.google.com [209.85.212.177]) (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 A9F68E08D3 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 15:21:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wicpl12 with SMTP id pl12so9673945wic.0 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 08:21:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=zpzOzX/MjZqD+mr/BiDCgOC3+3b7Ei4Oi3fvrYVHyhw=; b=Z7r2B5AXmu91GVs7oLaThRb7Dv0Mlyxf3kay+wG+y1mrREPcI9UQOhCVmfx/TI/dgF INhnRv7Zzsah6Co0YUoZ+IqkvyywCMWcCuoIGMPELbVvYe/OH2pXv91NSUyJwSeZ/lxU OOkNgluX2o7G6qkqqxhJnG7KH7dJsp+cKWYwc3hCbNeosf305ZXB2eN4Mw7Seb7SuVZc y6H/4tWm4hV07YEN+JN9UefOETqZgHsc31HmQDEhOLDb17BPI1M9jwmWHM2a9Mj3Cfz2 PWEKNJ8Ve9mfDkM0dOD44WeeVzrcsQI6Akv+tkfCKZnKi39ltOvoLiOY98Cyw4E7uUjr rufQ== X-Received: by 10.194.85.130 with SMTP id h2mr24172819wjz.2.1440948060324; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 08:21:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.178.21] (p4FC13D2E.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [79.193.61.46]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id fs8sm13607693wib.0.2015.08.30.08.20.59 for (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 30 Aug 2015 08:20:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20150830040443.GA1081@ca.inter.net> From: Volker Armin Hemmann Message-ID: <55E31F5A.2020104@googlemail.com> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:20:58 +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: 9c3ca6f9-ee8d-44c3-b5be-436b4bd1706d X-Archives-Hash: 697545aad9da938840e7338bfddb9c12 Am 30.08.2015 um 06:04 schrieb Philip Webb: > 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 ? > suspend to ram. Only reboot when there is a kernel update I actually install.