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Linux gamers: Do you ever occasionally shut down your PC? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 11 hours ago by DundasStation@lemmy.ca 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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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Whenever you do major updates you should reboot. Most patches can be live applied, but not all.

Usually your package manager will mention if there's a need to reboot when it's done. Once a week to once a month is fine for the most part. Kinda depends on the updates that are coming out and how often you do them.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

Yep, this.

It varies from distro to distro, but its generally a good idea to do a full reboot after a major update.

I make it a part of my morning ritual:

Set up some tea and run a full update check, reboot, just cuz.

It makes more sense because I like tea, and I don't have it running anything that needs to be up 24/7.