Ask HN: How often do you restart your computer? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How often do you restart your computer?

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Post by johannesrexx » Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 12:23 AM UTC

My Linux machines sleep when not in use and get a reboot when there's a kernel update, so about every one to two weeks.

My Mac Mini also sleeps when not in use and only gets a reboot when there's a macOS update, which are typically months apart.

My Raspberry Pi runs Pi-hole and it gets booted every few months.

Everything is on a UPS so there's never a reboot due to power failure.

Re: Ask HN: How often do you restart your computer?

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Post by Exuma » Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 12:24 AM UTC

2 times a month on osx. I do t even need to I just do it when updating. OSX super stable

Re: Ask HN: How often do you restart your computer?

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Post by AstroJetson » Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 1:00 AM UTC

Windows 28 days

Raspberry Pi 400 32 days

Pi Hole 11 months

I don't reboot unless something is complaining about it. Not a fan of the new software "new version every 11 hours, please install" (yes looking at you Chrome)

Re: Ask HN: How often do you restart your computer?

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Post by brudgers » Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 2:37 AM UTC

After patch Tuesday.

Re: Ask HN: How often do you restart your computer?

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Post by voussoir » Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 3:55 AM UTC

Desktop PC, my most recent reboot was a few days ago but the previous was 108 days before.

The worst part about rebooting is catching up on all the Chrome updates that I don't want -- most recently the one that removes the bottom downloads bar in favor of the upper right popout.

Re: Ask HN: How often do you restart your computer?

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Post by kirkarg » Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 5:00 AM UTC

Desktop computer: every 2 or 3 days. Sometimes weeks but it's odd. Work notebook: wednesday and friday. It might vary based on the things that I'm doing but I'm trying to close (and save) everything at the end of the day so I can turn it off.

Re: Ask HN: How often do you restart your computer?

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Post by throwaway828 » Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 7:06 AM UTC

Laptop (Debian): At the end of the day. Also when travelling. It's fully encrypted with a boot password stronger than my user (sleep/resume) or root passwords.

Re: Ask HN: How often do you restart your computer?

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Post by reify » Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 9:14 AM UTC

2 x laptops 2 x Rpi

laptop 1 daily driver minimal manjaro once a day, if I go out for extended periods and after updates

laptop 2 for my Rpi stuff laptop MXlinux rarely

Rpi weather station = occassionally Rpi TV streamer = occassionaly

Re: Ask HN: How often do you restart your computer?

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Post by dave84 » Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 10:36 AM UTC

Only when I need Keynote to recognise a newly installed font.

Re: Ask HN: How often do you restart your computer?

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