How long is too long to leave a computer on??

As I understand it, The computer would be better off left on all the time, to stop it heating up and cooling down causing metal fatigue.

However a computer serviceman told me even if you turned on your computer and did nothing with it windows operating system slowly corrupts itself, I can believe this my last boss used to leave the computer going after a day or so of Windows 98se it became a "pain in the A____" (PITA) to use, until I rebooted it to save my hair, and a blow out in blood pressure .

This makes LINUX a clear winner for keeping the computer on and not having to reboot it.

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So what I am saying my boss used to leave his computer going all the time, it is just that it had to be rebooted all the time.
 
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2 years without a blackout ?
that's hard to believe
anyway i guess this thread made it's point
which is leave it as long as you want
 
u can leave it on as long as u want... i just recomend restarting it after windows updates and isntalling certain programs/drivers
 
Mine stays on all the time, it only get rebooted when I install software that requires it to be, or if I have to install new hardware.

Mines been on for well over two weeks before, but what's the good of a comp if u don't install new stuff!

(O and well actually, the air conditioners in the back room flipped the circuit breaker a few days ago.. Man I need a battery backup.)
 
I've had a few of my FreeBSD servers at work run for around 3 years :D. My Windows servers do need to be "refreshed" once and awhile as with any Microsoft operating system. The longest I've got with Windows Server 2003 before an update forced a restart was ~ 30 days.
 
Some people here are talking hardware, others software. I don't see the big deal to have to restart a desktop every once and a while, I'll take that few restarts over having to deal with the hassles of linux, and hours it takes to compile certain applications. As for hardware, yes, the heating and cooling may take it's toll, but so does leaving the electricity running through, fans constantly spinning, hard drives spinning for most of the times, as the system may run certain tasks, PSU constantly working out that power. It all really depends on the specific situation. It's probably a marignal difference anyway, 9 times out of 10 my PCs become obsolete before they go down.
 
SC7 said:
Some people here are talking hardware, others software. I don't see the big deal to have to restart a desktop every once and a while, I'll take that few restarts over having to deal with the hassles of linux, and hours it takes to compile certain applications. As for hardware, yes, the heating and cooling may take it's toll, but so does leaving the electricity running through, fans constantly spinning, hard drives spinning for most of the times, as the system may run certain tasks, PSU constantly working out that power. It all really depends on the specific situation. It's probably a marignal difference anyway, 9 times out of 10 my PCs become obsolete before they go down.
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If u upgrade, your pc will last a lot longer.
 
???, I upgrade often, I just usually replace every single part at the point before it goes down.
 
Linux isn't a "hassle". It's a choice, a different way of doing things.

And what program did you try that took hours to compile? Oh, you didn't!
 
Parky_007 said:
Linux isn't a "hassle". It's a choice, a different way of doing things.

And what program did you try that took hours to compile? Oh, you didn't!
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Yes, it's a choice, but even the die hard linux fans will admit, it's still in a stage where it's a hassle for all new users. Yes, I do use linux, and why don't you read about open office. It takes several hours to compile from source. Think through your posts before you attack someone on an unwarranted cause.
 
I use linux(and windows, windows mainly, becuase i mainly game, but when im not gaming on linux), it was not a hassle at al, from installing to using, also use open office(on linux and windows, since its free :P ) It does not take hours for me.
 
Arm_Pit said:
I use linux(and windows, windows mainly, becuase i mainly game, but when im not gaming on linux), it was not a hassle at al, from installing to using, also use open office(on linux and windows, since its free :P ) It does not take hours for me.
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Bull it's not a hassle. Either you only use provided software, or you judge the install from source not a hassle. Getting an iPod to work isn't a hassle. Modifying every last file isn't a hassle, getting an app to behave the proper way isn't a hassle, playing a dvd isn't a hassle. Most of this stuff, I presume was built into the distro, what happens when something new comes out before the next distro. I presume you installed using an RPM or APT get, because portage or compiling OOo from source takes hours to compile once you start it going.
 
I've had my computer for over 4 years, and I have had my compy on for a month straight a couple of times... :), most of the time well over a week.
 
Bull it's not a hassle. Either you only use provided software, or you judge the install from source not a hassle. Getting an iPod to work isn't a hassle. Modifying every last file isn't a hassle, getting an app to behave the proper way isn't a hassle, playing a dvd isn't a hassle. Most of this stuff, I presume was built into the distro, what happens when something new comes out before the next distro. I presume you installed using an RPM or APT get, because portage or compiling OOo from source takes hours to compile once you start it going.
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It will only be a hassle if you want it to be.

Why compile Open Office when you don't have to? A lot of distro's have it all ready installed and using APT doesn't take hours to install it. And so what, it might take a while to install. Isn't that worth it at the fact it's FREE, which MS Office isn't.

Think through your posts before you attack someone on an unwarranted cause.
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Yeah, sorry. I was in a bit of a bad mood last night.


Rowan.
 
Parky_007 said:
It will only be a hassle if you want it to be.

Why compile Open Office when you don't have to? A lot of distro's have it all ready installed and using APT doesn't take hours to install it. And so what, it might take a while to install. Isn't that worth it at the fact it's FREE, which MS Office isn't.
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Not every distro has APT or RPM, and may not have it installed. I may prefer a distro that doesn't have it pre-installed. (slackware), so then you have to compile it from source for every last update which brings very little change. I don't like the heavy, dumbed down distros that usually include it, such as SuSE or Mandriva. I prefer Slackware and Gentoo. I'd still rather pay for MS office, why? It's faster, has many advanced features OOo doesn't. OOo is great for basics, but I hit roadblocks when I do more advanced stuff.
 
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