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
I definitely shut down my systems from time to time just to make sure my network is configured correctly and shit doesn’t go haywire because I’d rather have that happen than the power go out and everything comes crashing down
I power off so that my drive encrypts when I’m not using it
My work machine (Ubuntu) gets suspended at the end of the day during the week and shut down on Friday. It’s a good balance between keeping my many programs running and ready and cleaning up regularly.
I always shut down my desktop pc (Arch, btw) as it takes just a few seconds to boot up.
My laptop (Arch) I shut down because suspend never worked.
Suspend. The amount of power required to keep RAM alive is negligent.
Power off because usually when I turn my laptop off, I’m going to be keeping it off for a long enough period of time that suspend would just not be worth the battery drain.
Power off to get the full security benefits of disk encryption.
Power off unless I’ll be using it again soon.
I rip the plug out of the wall without warning. Gotta keep your machines on their toes or they’ll get too comfortable and start plotting against you.
Else it gets the cord again
I’ve had to start counseling sessions with my MongoDB. It thinks I’m conducting stress tests, but really I’m just maintaining discipline.
I know a real professional when I see one!
Yeah! Show them who’s boss.
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.
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.
My laptop, I’d just suspend to RAM, unless I was going somewhere without it for a couple of days or more.
The desktop is always on. The monitors suspend, but everything else is sucking power. I expect with frequency scaling, it’s not as bad as it used to be, but then, in ye oelden days I didn’t do nightly backups to the cloud and disc, or sync data between servers and run other odd, automated jobs.
That was my reaction, to the question, too.
I’m not sure what power down options my current (Linux) OS has. I just let the battery die sometimes like a normal person.
Edit: The battery management defaults are so good, I have to forget about it on a shelf for several days before it - well I don’t know what it does, because I’m ingoring it. Maybe it powers down, maybe it suspends, maybe it does some kind of emergency shut down…
I always power off any computers that I won’t be using anymore for the day. Be it desktops or laptops. My parents always taught me that leaving devices on (or even connected to power) when not using them was a fire hazard. Although I think it’s a bit overblown, powering off anything I don’t need has stuck as a habit and I see no reason to change it. With SSDs the startup time had become fast enough to make me stop caring. The wear and tear on the SSD is also not that big of an issue. My laptop and its SSD are from 2014 and have been subjected to the worst of my programming abilities, yet they still function fine.
After shutting down anything in use, I use suspend set for a 35-minute delay. Most evenings I listen to bed-time audio. Ubuntu hasn’t been terribly reliable, works about 2/3 of the time.
Power off because it boots in under a minute
Depends.
My desktop gets powered off because I don’t use it often and it sucks a lot of energy and is loud.
My Steam Deck gets suspended when I’m not using it because that’s usually in the middle of a game and I don’t want to hear the game sounds all the time or accidentally do something.
My laptop is running 24/7. At night I use it to listen to science videos to help me sleep. And in the day I watch stupid YouTube videos to help me cope with life.
Not to mention the steam deck has a weird bug on it that if you leave it powered off for too long, for some reason it decides to just not turn on anymore unless you hook it to power. Super annoying because it will turn on and say something like 80 or 90% power, but the button won’t actually boot the system unless it has a power hookup. I’ve on a few occasions had to use reverse power charge from my phone to the deck to trick it into booting on the go. Once you hear the beep saying its turning on you can unplug it. Weirdest thing
I think that has something to do with battery storage mode flipping on iirc.
I suspend it, until I get around to set up hybernation. I don’t care about startup time. I care about all the windows being there exactly as I left them, without exception.
Power off, since my computers boots pretty quickly.
