On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 14:41 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > It used to be that *NIX supporters put the output from uptime in their > e-mails, some of which were years. I used to do that, though the maximum was about 3 months. Usually not because the computer crashed, or needed rebooting, but I used to fiddle with the server computer rather than leave it alone. Client boxes get turned off, because I like the peace and quiet, and I'd be wasting electricity. Not to mention that in a hot country you really don't want heat generating equipment on all the time. But Fedora's not really the system for long uptimes, anyway, with the rapid churn. I wonder how many of us use UPSs? I don't. I've considered it, but Linux hasn't been as self destructive with the drives as Windows was. I haven't noticed that files have gone missing. And I've often wondered how suspended laptops calculate uptime, whether they show the actual uptime, or include the suspended time. I never get around to checking. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
