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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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[–] mech@feddit.org 51 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

I'm old. For me, a PC is like a TV or radio. When I'm done using it, I turn it off.
Which means saving my work and shutting it down. I don't put it to sleep or standby. And I set my session manager to start a new session every time.
People who keep unsaved documents and hundreds of browser tabs open are weird. Use bookmarks!

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Turning your TV off and on frequently shortens its lifespan significantly, You know.. Honestly, turning anything off and on frequently shortens its lifespans significantly, even lightbulbs.

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The last TV I owned was a CRT in a wooden frame with several darts stuck in it, and it had lasted since the 90s.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Always gonna be someone that argues.

Hell, if I said Nuclear Bombs were dangerous, someone would come in and be all like " Yeah, well, you say that, but Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived two atomic bombs, so they cant be that dangerous!"

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When I bookmark a site that pretty much guarantees I'm never going to visit it again.

Now I have a thousand bookmarks that I'm afraid to dig through.

[–] mech@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I bookmark any site I find relevant with "search terms" as key words, so the site shows up as suggestion when I enter one of the terms in the search bar.
It's like a self-curated local search engine for sites I find useful.

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is something a thoughtful and rational person would do.

I am usually one or the other, never both, unfortunately.

My IRL filing system for bills/legal documents is shoving them into a shoe box. When the shoebox fills up I get a pair of shoes and start fresh.

The upside to this is that everything is roughly sorted chronologically by geological layers.

[–] mech@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

I connect to your filing system on an emotional level.
I use a sophisticated prioritized filing system.
Top priority ("must deal with today") documents go in the pile on my desk.
When that pile falls over onto my keyboard, it is (unread, of course) added to the pile on the floor next to my desk.
Once every leap year, or when there's a full solar eclipse (whichever happens later), I go through the floor pile and throw out everything that isn't relevant anymore.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 days ago

So, 2 old people here, and counting. I finish my day with 'paru - Syu' and followed by 'poweroff" almost every day. The only exception is if I move away from my PC and then decide I'm just not going back that day.

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago

well, i keep tons of tabs open AND use a lot of bookmarks