Ask HN: Do you switch off your Laptop? Ever?

#1

Post by bluerail » Mon, May 25, 2015, 4:04 PM UTC

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Post by genby » Mon, May 25, 2015, 4:11 PM UTC

I just turn my notebook into sleep.

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Post by jsegura » Mon, May 25, 2015, 4:13 PM UTC

Never. I have a Macbook air and I only close it without powering it off.

Re: Ask HN: Do you switch off your Laptop? Ever?

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Post by DanBC » Mon, May 25, 2015, 4:16 PM UTC

Yes, whenever I'm not using it.

From boot menu to booted is only about 6 seconds (gradually tweaking that to be faster).

Re: Ask HN: Do you switch off your Laptop? Ever?

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Post by drakmail » Mon, May 25, 2015, 4:22 PM UTC

Never

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#6

Post by blueflow » Mon, May 25, 2015, 4:41 PM UTC

Every night or while traveling

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#7

Post by noobie » Mon, May 25, 2015, 6:03 PM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #4

Yes, whenever I'm not using it. From boot menu to booted is only about 6 seconds (gradually tweaking that to be faster).

>gradually tweaking that to be faster

Do elaborate please!

Re: Ask HN: Do you switch off your Laptop? Ever?

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Post by DanBC » Mon, May 25, 2015, 7:48 PM UTC

noobie wrote: post #7

DanBC wrote: post #4

Yes, whenever I'm not using it. From boot menu to booted is only about 6 seconds (gradually tweaking that to be faster).

>gradually tweaking that to be faster Do elaborate please!

    systemd-analyze blame

Gives me a list of stuff and how long it takes them to start. For this machine I don't need most of them, so it's a case of then

    systemctl mask SERVICENAME

Or systemctl disable SERVICENAME

Re: Ask HN: Do you switch off your Laptop? Ever?

#9

Post by 6d0debc071 » Mon, May 25, 2015, 9:17 PM UTC

Yes. I only use a laptop when work requires me to travel. The vast majority of its life it spends turned off and locked up in my desk.

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Post by mod » Tue, May 26, 2015, 5:32 AM UTC

I reboot from windows to linux, but essentially never turn it off unless I have very good reason--traveling, for instance.