Re: Shutdown my Laptop? Why should I?

[Sean Perry <shaleh@speakeasy.net>]

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.

My laptops live until a battery dies on the train (-:

Seriously though, no good reason to bounce a Linux box unless a) 
horrible app b) kernel mishap c) kernel upgrade.

That said, most laptop batteries degrade performance significantly if 
left plugged into the mains 24/7. So only plug in for refills.