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 EE6941384C0 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:00:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4765B1426B; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:00:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yk0-f171.google.com (mail-yk0-f171.google.com [209.85.160.171]) (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 191031421E for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:00:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ykey204 with SMTP id y204so26315298yke.3 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 10:00:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WEka+HLKEAcEyEKA+AuTD2K8jc5a5av2CiRsaByQmiU=; b=fx/odKpF6RLNRmAimlNGrQe/k1MafjuWIyVSWFAHYIpaTP4brtm+rCZ6qx4FFuUBx2 GZmQClcTJl+4Hq80VewkFPlhSdU/3MWNqIoX3vEdqUMj5Y+1Xk11oSRxxJAYvXcoSk7v kwRX/rTS5CMW1X1WCp2tuaYCGF684vQld/AuY0kos2mcYOUH+qL5IAmTKUR7+48Ipbhf BiK36OSm7HUdsknjbUiWfIMY7Hdof5rNAjBuIrUGtngvcFl3qE5yDOqAMxeDZ4AmVrBs k22LrKey229ydN/zSk6AVELJyJQrDvwke1Ext9kaqeA/EG1ycwOgriGJl+gIlSP+nyCO UxQQ== X-Received: by 10.13.219.81 with SMTP id d78mr7173312ywe.63.1440954042195; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 10:00:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-115-33.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.115.33]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t5sm11718524ywe.9.2015.08.30.10.00.40 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 30 Aug 2015 10:00:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <55E336B8.7040706@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 12:00:40 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0 SeaMonkey/2.33.1 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime References: <20150830040443.GA1081@ca.inter.net> <8354413.MkAUdyVTWU@wstn> <55E328E8.4070004@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55E328E8.4070004@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2cf75f30-b54e-46e5-9760-db01f80e6731 X-Archives-Hash: c8a4a07e4ea988db113c0961aa9fec5c Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 30/08/2015 17:56, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> On Sunday 30 August 2015 00:04:43 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 ? >> No-one has yet mentioned taking backups. I'm still using a brute-force >> approach, in which I shut down each of my two machines once a week to make a >> backup to external disk. Otherwise they're on 24 hours a day running BOINC >> projects. On the desktop PC kmail makes a daily archive of messages, and once >> a day a cron job copies my user directory to /home/.bu/ . >> >> I know it burns energy but I'm prepared to make my small contribution to what >> I think is a good cause. >> > > A desktop or laptop will typically draw far less power than a single 60W > incandescent bulb. I bet you have quite a lot of those. Even if not, the > CFLs you'll have to give you light at night still draw much much more > than a computer. > > If saving energy is your personal driver, then you should be looking at > water heaters, central heaters, aircon and stove as the main culprits. > Everything else, whilst measurable, is a small drop in the bucket and > probably not worth worrying about. > > Assuming of course that your computer is a desktop/laptop, and not a 42U > cabinet jam packed full of Dell 2950s > Don't forget the clothes dryer to, if you have one. Mine is electric and it pulls as much as my water heater does. I just don't use it as much is all. Dale :-) :-)