Do you use poweroff or suspend on your Linux systems? Why?
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I use Ubuntu btw. Poweroff could use more write cycles on the SSD because it has to read everything at startup, but suspend has to keep supplying power to the RAM
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I use Ubuntu btw. Poweroff could use more write cycles on the SSD because it has to read everything at startup, but suspend has to keep supplying power to the RAM
wrote on last edited by [email protected]suspend has to keep supplying power to the RAM
When I close my laptop's lid, I have it set up to suspend for five minutes, then hibernate.
That lets me close the lid and move the laptop to somewhere nearby without using much battery power, but if it gets left closed for long, the thing will hibernate, so it won't drain the battery.
That's
HandleLidSwitch=suspend-then-hibernatein /etc/systemd/logind.conf, andHibernateDelaySec=300in /etc/systemd/sleep.conf.Any other system just gets shut down.
EDIT: Note that I don't believe that this is necessary to avoid data loss. I think that the default on Debian is to suspend, but there's another default to hibernate when the battery becomes extremely low, so either way, a laptop sitting on a shelf for a week --- or however long it takes to drain whatever battery is left while suspended --- should wind up hibernated. But with the defaults, it's going to have a laptop with critical battery next time you open it up, and with my settings, it'll have about as much charge as when you closed the thing.
Also, lithium batteries left in very low charge states will permanently lose capacity, and while there's a buffer built in there (i.e. 0% on your battery gauge doesn't mean that the thing is discharged to 0 volts), they'll also inexorably self-discharge a bit, and I'd just as soon keep them well away from that state. I've had devices, including laptops, that have a few minutes of battery life or won't work at all after having been left in a drawer for years.
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I use Ubuntu btw. Poweroff could use more write cycles on the SSD because it has to read everything at startup, but suspend has to keep supplying power to the RAM
You guys are turning off your computers?
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You guys are turning off your computers?
I am trying to be more energy conscious so I've been turning mine off more as of late, but ya in the past I typically left my machine up for 7 - 14 days and only power off/reboot after updating.
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I am trying to be more energy conscious so I've been turning mine off more as of late, but ya in the past I typically left my machine up for 7 - 14 days and only power off/reboot after updating.
I remember older gaming forums where people would have their uptime in their post signatures.
Edit to add: upon reflection it was all the more impressive because almost all gaming PCs were Windows.
