this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2026
115 points (94.6% liked)

Linux Gaming

24696 readers
751 users here now

Discussions and news about gaming on the GNU/Linux family of operating systems (including the Steam Deck). Potentially a $HOME away from home for disgruntled /r/linux_gaming denizens of the redditarian demesne.

This page can be subscribed to via RSS.

Original /r/linux_gaming pengwing by uoou.

No memes/shitposts/low-effort posts, please.

Resources

WWW:

Discord:

IRC:

Matrix:

Telegram:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
monolalia@lemmy.world
115
Linux gamers: Do you ever occasionally shut down your PC? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 days ago by DundasStation@lemmy.ca to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
137 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] MouldyCat@feddit.uk 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I close before systemctl hibernate is my browser. That saves sone wear on the SSD.

I haven't heard of this, curious to know what you're referring to?

[–] a14r@lemmy.org 3 points 4 days ago

Browsers use a lot of ram. Upon hibernation, the contents of ram are written to disk. So the less ram you have in use, the less needs to be written to disk, saving on disk wear.