Y'all it takes like 15 seconds to boot from an SSD why are you leaving your computers on?
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274 days uptime on my Debian server.
I generally only reboot for stuff like kernel updates.
Server is rebooted, as needed, for updates. I think it just got a kernel update two weeks ago, so it probably only has ~14 days of uptime.
My desktop and laptop are shut down when not in use. Leaving them on when not in use is pointless.
Never understood obsessions with "uptime". If you have high numbers for uptime, you're a bad sysadmin/maintainer of your hardware unless the appliance is purpose-built to be always up and air gapped.
Exactly. I have services running with staggered automated updates/reboots to keep things stable. Since at least one of them is always available, it's like having no down-time but with actual stability and redundancy.
When I had big desktop and all, it was running for days/months. Now, I have a miniPC and I start it up Monday morning and shut if down Friday afternoon.
0 hours.
It is currently off because I don't leave it running overnight when I am not using it.
I cold-boot daily because fucking nvidia 👺
I can go weeks without rebooting if I want to Using a gtx 1080Ti with it. No idea why so many folks still have these big issues. Some minor issues sure.
seriously how do you guys all have Nvidia issues this is a gtx 1660 super
Doesn't seem to matter what I do, the card simply refuses to go to sleep. And there's no option to switch it off in the bios 😭
I don't run any servers and leccy is expensive, they go off when I'm done using them!
PC != server.
Why do you think it's different?
A server needs to be available, a PC doesn't. As long as your PC is not serving something 24/7.
Are you telling that to others or me?
I think you should tell that to others
There is no benefit in letting your PC run for days, its just waste of energy and bad behaviour.
When you hibernate, "uptime" counts it even though the computer is off, as it's more of a "time since cold boot".
So I turn off my computer every day, but have an uptime of weeks now.
Nice, so you are turning off your computer and pad your "uptime". clap
I'm just explaining how people end up with high uptimes despite not keeping their computer on all the time. There is no purpose to "padding your uptime".
It's off right now.
Also, inxi? Better use uptime, that command is actually available on all systems and literally exists to check uptime.
Usually only as long as I play games. After that, I shut it off. Why?
- I run Bazzite, which updates itself in the background, but needs a restart to complete
- It boots in seconds, because modern hard drives are crazy fast
- The standby-LED is annoying when I sleep
My laptop is usually on for a week, but I restart it from time to time, for the same reasons, and because devices need some sleep too! 😴
7 days currently, 30 days on the previous boot. I had to open it up to install extra drives.
23m,Short ik.
There was a period where I was testing my laptop's hibernation so I got uptime to around 30 days.
But now, The highest uptime I can reach is around 2-3 days if I forget to turn it off and leave it either plugged in or on a high battery so it lasts until the next day.
My laptop gets shut down every night, booted every morning. If I suspend it sometimes spontaneously wakes later, but boot is so fast anyway so it’s fine.
My server gets updated and rebooted weekly. I don’t bother checking CVE bulletins, I just upgrade weekly.
That was my family's email server 5 months ago:
So roughly 2500 days today 🙂
As AOL guy once said
"You got mail"
Damnn what an uptime! Cheer to that!
i've been shutting down linux desktops most every day lately, and turning them on only when i want to use one.
About 90 mins. I shut it down when i finish every and turn it off at the wall (fuskibg standby LEDs). I can go days without booting it back up. I use #LMDE
Flashing standby light on my monitor drives me nuts let alone the bajillion standby LEDs that would be on in our lounge if we didn't turn everything off at the wall every night.
You can get power strips that will sense the load on one outlet and shut all the others off if the load is below a certain amount. They are handy for shutting off those annoying standby LEDs automatically.
I'm convinced the reason all my drives used to fail is because I would leave the PC on, and only reboot for updates. Otherwise I would just put them to sleep. Three years later, I turn off the PC every night and haven't had a failed drive since.
22:57:20 up 70 days, 16:04, 21 users, load average: 1.10, 1.14, 1.02
Honestly if you were expecting a drive failure in three years, you probably have some other problem. The SSD in my desktop is clocking 7.3 years and I never shut down my machines except to reboot. On my servers, I have run used HDDs from ebay for up to ten years (only retired for upgrades). My NAS is currently running a mixture of used drives from Ebay and some refurbs from Amazon, and I don't anticipate seeing any issues for at least a few more years.
even when your pc is on, the drives should power off when they haven't been utilized for a while. i used to keep my machines running 24/7, and i mean not even letting them sleep, and i have never had a drive fail. since electricity prices started going up i let them autosuspend to save money. if you have mechanical hard drives, make sure they are mounted in a proper orientation. with SSDs, there are lots of manufacturers out there, so choose a reputable one.
53 min
On any command line you can likely just run a single letter command: w
I always shut it down every night, so usually not much more than 12 hours at best.
BlueEther@BlueEthers-MacBook-Air ~ % uptime
17:18 up 47 days, 6:26, 2 users, load averages: 2.19 2.61 2.56
blueaether@lemmy:~$ uptime
04:25:37 up 204 days, 19:45, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.15, 0.16
The TV/server has been up for 38 days, I think it got turned off by mistake last month
Mine turned off yesterday for an update.
My laptop has been up for 123 days. It gets put in standby when it's not in use. I should probably reboot into a new kernel soon.
My desktop gets shut down at night because it's power hungry.
My server gets shut down about once a year for cleaning and hardware upgrades.
12 days and 17 hours. As another commenter pointed out, checked with uptime
07:38:25 up 15 days, 15:54, 2 users, load average: 2,93, 2,24, 1,65
34 days without booting? Are you using a Debian system and don't update often? You should, for security patches at least. I'm on an Arch based system and update every day. Sometimes there are updates that require a reboot, so all services are up to date. My system is often up for a few days, sometimes even for a week.
Small tip, logging out and in will have a semi clean environment without a full boot. That means the uptime won't reset.
I have 4000 packages to update
That's a lot. But that also means your system is not very secure, as you are missing ton of security patches for the packages.
I turn it off every night or if I'm away for many hours, so about 10 minutes right now.
I do have a Raspberry Pi that's been up 12 weeks, 5 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes. I believe there was a planned power outage when it was lasted turned off.
Thanks to Mint's updates... about 10 minutes.
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