> On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Richard Yevchak wrote:
>
> > I know this is off topic(at least some what), if you disprove don't respond and
> > I'll get the hint. But, I am really curious about how many of you leave your
> > personal systems running all the time. I shutdown everynight. I've heard the
> > system isn't designed to be shutdown everynight. If you leave your system
> > running, do you turn your monitor off at night or just leave it on. If you
> > leave it on all the time, how often do you reset your computer (how do you
> > decide when)?
>
>
Well, I use "vigmeup" to turn my expensive computer into a $3 (US) alarm clock, so
I rarely spin down. I do turn off the monitor because screen savers seem to give
VigMeUp a difficulty. I restarted dhcpd about a month ago, but cannot remember
(must be when 6.0 came out) since the power was off or a full reboot was done.
(That's my home masquerader/server, the others attached to it I do turn off. ) The
m68k machine doesn't seem that stable, but the others seem OK and probably could be
left on The one using OpenLinux is restarted often to restore its rather anemic
approach to networking, and it falls off a lot, but the Peanut and Mandrake (and
There are no more RHs in my network) are left off to save power. Then there is a
rig which I rarely start, partly because it consumes power wholesale, and partly
because there have been few demands on the purpose for which I built it, and partly
because it cannot satisfy its purpose from this location. It uses RH 5.0 on all
nodes, but it is not part of my home network.
Now at work, all the PCs are shut down daily except the workgroup server which stays
powered up and on-line (through a 56K Modem and a dynamic dns service, it runs email
for the organization, and must remain available).
Civileme
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