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I am wondering when a system needs to reboot. I would guess after updating the kernel (at least on a standard installation)?
As a related question: What if services are updated? Are they being restarted automatically?
Last edited by Markus00000 (2011-05-29 09:44:01)
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when you update to a new kernel you will have to reboot
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Yep, I sometimes reboot after a kernel upgrade, doesn't really matter unless there is a fixed but that affects you.
services aren't restarted automatically, have to do it manually or restart.
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Guess what I was trying to say is that you don't have to reboot. I do every few months for something to do, but unless some bugs are fixed that affect you then not really worth the trouble.
services or daemons don't need to be restarted unless there is a security fix either. I just don't bother either way and reboot whenever.
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Thanks so much. Quick and helpful answers.
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I shutdown nightly.... Saves power and probably some life on your hardware. Ofcourse, this is a laptop, not a desktop.
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I shutdown nightly.... Saves power and probably some life on your hardware. Ofcourse, this is a laptop, not a desktop.
Suspension and hibernation gives you the best of both
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You don't HAVE to restart except for a kernel update, as mentioned, or if you updated a proprietary graphics driver (which might crash, like mine did last night
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Mother Earth will be grateful if you shutdown your computer when you don't use it.
Last edited by gombost (2011-05-30 18:13:36)
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Mother Earth will be grateful if you shutdown your computer when you don't use it.
Are you one of these users that only use their computer when they're in front of it? My computer's work usually begins when I'm gone.
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You don't HAVE to restart except for a kernel update, as mentioned, or if you updated a proprietary graphics driver (which might crash, like mine did last night
Technically, you could chroot to another distro, load up X and fix it from there. All without restarting. I actually had this idea of setting up a 100 MB partition with a lightweight Linux distro (Damn Small Linux, TinyCore, etc) just in case something goes wrong and I have to use a LiveCD (or USB stick). Everything would be on the HDD.
Suspension and hibernation gives you the best of both
With a ~20 second boot time why even bother ?
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Are you one of these users that only use their computer when they're in front of it? My computer's work usually begins when I'm gone.
Yes, actually I'm one of those.
But I know quite a few people who leave their computers on for no particular reason. That's not a good habit I think.
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Suspension and hibernation gives you the best of both
With a ~20 second boot time why even bother ?
Saving the state of opened applications, I assume.
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