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Linux gamers: Do you ever occasionally shut down your PC? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 8 months ago by 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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[–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I pretty much only ever shut down if I need to open the case for some reason, or if the battery dies.

There is occasionally an update where things don't work right without rebooting, but shutting down is pretty much completely unnecessary unless you're concerned about power consumption.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I've read the same argument in the other direction: that repeated thermal cycling of electronic components degrades more than keeping them at operating temperature constantly. I'm sure there's some truth to both arguments and the best approach depends on particular use cases.

    As far as needing to power down to reset the state of the hardware and the OS fully, that's totally unnecessary with linux.

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