I have been going strong for 34 days and 5 hours.
You can check by running inxi in the command line or checking the CPU in Mission Center
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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! 😴
It’s off at the moment. I turn it off whenever I’m not using it for security reasons, and also just noise reasons so the fan doesn’t bother me. It boots relatively quickly so I’m unbothered.
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.
As of today about 10 years not counting the odd driver restart
i’ve been shutting down linux desktops most every day lately, and turning them on only when i want to use one.
BlueEther@BlueEthers-MacBook-Air ~ % uptime 17:18 up 47 days, 6:26, 2 users, load averages: 2.19 2.61 2.56blueaether@lemmy:~$ uptime 04:25:37 up 204 days, 19:45, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.15, 0.16The TV/server has been up for 38 days, I think it got turned off by mistake last month
Last time it was off was during the summer holidays.
I don’t run any servers and leccy is expensive, they go off when I’m done using them!
People leave their PC on constantly? I understand leaving servers running but i always turn my PC on in the morning, then off at night once im finished.
On any command line you can likely just run a single letter command:
wI turn mine off to save power when I’m not actively using it. I have a small 65 watt server that stays on all the time. Currently it has been up for 3 months or so.
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’m surprised how many people turn their computers off. My desktop uptime is 4 day, but, I do put it to sleep at night (which I think counts towards its uptime).
I will look into hibernating. The reason I don’t shut down is because I usually end up with carefully placed windows and lots of ongoing projects all over. Restarting would mean I’d have to start all that up again - assuming I remember what I was doing.
Mine is off at the moment.
