-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I would say to do a reboot and possible a file system check once a month to avoid corruption and unintended loss of data. Other then that, you don't need to reboot.
David R. Litwin wrote: > I have a year old Toshiba Intel Mobil P4 laptop using Sid. I recently > downloaded two large files via BitTorrent. As I wanted to have them as > quickly as I could, I decided to leave my laptop on until they were fully > downloaded, rebooting only for > upgrades. I noticed no real difference in performance (maybe Azureus > was hogging a bit more memory after a few days). > > The question is this: Why should I ever turn off my laptop on a normal > occasion (normal being every-day, standard, stationary usage)? If I don't > want it on, I can suspend it in some way: Waking-up is faster than > booting-up. > > I'm keen to hear your opinions, O members. > > Cheers. > - -- Greg Ryman Network Engineering Supervisor Candylogic, LLC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 949-916-4444 x.203 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEtTUw3nq9k6G+PM0RAtGcAKCcj6QEeC3ABwiE08eQ7mHCGcSOVwCfeuQK dZIudS1u9C2Bxqiv1qi2OYQ= =FVb+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]