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Linux gamers: Do you ever occasionally shut down your PC? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 5 days ago by DundasStation@lemmy.ca to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Every night, I put my computer to sleep. But should I be shutting it down every now and then? For example, maybe once a week or once a month?

Just curious to see this question answered from a Linux gamers' perspective.

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Whenever you do major updates you should reboot. Most patches can be live applied, but not all.

Usually your package manager will mention if there's a need to reboot when it's done. Once a week to once a month is fine for the most part. Kinda depends on the updates that are coming out and how often you do them.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago

Yep, this.

It varies from distro to distro, but its generally a good idea to do a full reboot after a major update.

I make it a part of my morning ritual:

Set up some tea and run a full update check, reboot, just cuz.

It makes more sense because I like tea, and I don't have it running anything that needs to be up 24/7.