Re: OT: How long has your Linux system been up ?

["nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org>]

DvB said:

> Especially the monitor. I have my monitors power down not only to
> save energy, but also (at least in the case of my home box, which
> is in my bedroom) because they generate a substantial amount of
> heat which, in turn, makes my A/C run more often and increses my
> power bill (not to mention, using more enegery still :-)

i don't. i dont trust power management on desktops. ive
come back to too many locked up systems(at least locked up
as in monitor wont wake up) because of APM. i do turn off
my monitors when im not using them to reduce heat though.

i tell people at my company to leave their machines on all
the time. the less power cycling the better. i do
promote turning off monitors(manually, not APM) though
for the sole purposes of keeping heat levels down(same
goes for lighting). i have an ultra 10 that i powered down
for 30 minutes(the box was about 6 months old). powered it
backup..never came back..disk was totally dead. wouldn't
spin at all. and with the near 2 dozen IBM disk drive failures
ive had in the past 6 months, im even more for never turning
off the system.



nate