On Sunday 30 Aug 2015 08:54:16 Dale wrote: > cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > The biggest reason I shutdown, power failure. I use checkrestart to see > > if/when I need to restart something after doing updates. If for example > > I update something in the @system area, then I just logout of the GUI, > > go to boot runlevel, run checkrestart again to see if that did it and > > then go back to default runlevel. Sometimes, I have to restart > > something by hand instead of rebooting but not to often. Generally just > > going to boot runlevel gets the job done. > > > > One thing about not rebooting a lot, you use cache a lot which can speed > > some things up a bit. I have 16GBs here and most of the time, it is > > almost all used. How much that helps, I dunno but if it didn't help, > > they wouldn't have it doing it. Another good side, run updates while > > you sleep. > > > > The only bad side, more wear on things like fans and some extra dust. I > > try to clean my rig at least twice a year or whenever I notice the temps > > a little higher than they should be. Oh, pulls power all the time which > > may not matter much depending on your electricity rates. > > > > Of course, fixing that connection issue may be a good idea too. ;-) > > > > hmmm, if you go to boot run level what is the difference between that > > and rebooting? After a major update there are so many things to restart > > that I usually give up and reboot the system, is actually quicker. > > Hmmmm, this quoting thing didn't work right again. > > For me, it is faster. Also, rebooting can uncover a problem that I > might not know about. I've had a few times where I couldn't reboot for > some unknown reason. Plus, all the common stuff remains in cache. Most > of the time tho, just logging out of a GUI, KDE for me, is enough. > Using checkrestart should tell me exactly what needs to be restarted and > most of the time how. About the only thing I have to restart manually, > udev. It's one thing that has a regular update that doesn't restart > since it is already started before getting to the boot runlevel. > > To each his own tho. All of us has our own way of doing things of this > nature and for varying reasons. Some shutdown because electricity is > expensive. For some, that doesn't matter. Some do it to just reduce > noise from the fans etc. One reason I leave mine on all the time is > that I almost always have mine doing something. I have tons of TV shows > and such on here. If I'm not doing something myself, I have it doing > something. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
What do you do if you install a new kernel? You have to reboot then, yes? -- Regards, Mick
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