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> You go home. So you shut things down. Sorry for the rant, but this is usually wrong. The amount of people that just keeps their computer on is noticeable. An

> You go home. So you shut things down. Sorry for the rant, but this is usually wrong. The amount of people that just keeps their computer on is noticeable. And when I ask it's usually "just to avoid having to wait" or "I've always done that". I personally always hibernate my computer. When I turn it off it takes more time, but I'm already on the other side of the building so I don't care. When I turn it on it takes basically the same amount of time, and it is exactly as I left it. People keep the computer on just because convenience...and I don't think it's a good thing.

saylisteins 3y ago
I always leave my PC on, but for different reasons: - I have a plex server running on it - I can remote into it from my phone, this comes in handy a lot of the time. - I can remote into it when traveling through my Fire stick using parsec, which means I don't have to carry a laptop with me everywhere I go ( I also setup my phone so I can use it as keyboard/mouse when I do this). Regarding energy costs, it's negligible for the benefits it gives me
SoftTalker 3y ago
I keep mine on because it's my jumphost for working remotely. But I agree many people don't need to do this. My company, though, wants people to leave their PCs on so they can get automatic updates and be centrally managed.
charlie0 3y ago
I always shutdown my machine at night and sometimes restart when I leave for lunch. I've noticed running Docker and other apps for a while makes my machine slower. I'm convinced there's a memory leak somewhere and restarting away fixes those issues.
- Too 3y ago
  Restart the computer on a daily basis? Like it’s 1998? You need a different system man. Ubuntu can go strong for a month easily, with only sleep for leaving it unused. Only reason for restarts is security updates or that your battery ran totally dry.

saylisteins 3y ago

I always leave my PC on, but for different reasons: - I have a plex server running on it - I can remote into it from my phone, this comes in handy a lot of the time. - I can remote into it when traveling through my Fire stick using parsec, which means I don't have to carry a laptop with me everywhere I go ( I also setup my phone so I can use it as keyboard/mouse when I do this). Regarding energy costs, it's negligible for the benefits it gives me

SoftTalker 3y ago

I keep mine on because it's my jumphost for working remotely. But I agree many people don't need to do this. My company, though, wants people to leave their PCs on so they can get automatic updates and be centrally managed.

charlie0 3y ago

I always shutdown my machine at night and sometimes restart when I leave for lunch. I've noticed running Docker and other apps for a while makes my machine slower. I'm convinced there's a memory leak somewhere and restarting away fixes those issues.

Too 3y ago
Restart the computer on a daily basis? Like it’s 1998? You need a different system man. Ubuntu can go strong for a month easily, with only sleep for leaving it unused. Only reason for restarts is security updates or that your battery ran totally dry.