On 12/20/2016 12:26 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:15:19AM -0800, Joe Zeff wrote:
And some of us are using distributed computing, such as BOINC and
don't like interrupting the work.
Aren't these things set up to be resiliant to nodes going in and out?
Yes, of course they are. However, every time you reboot they have to
shut themselves down, wait until the system comes up and then restart.
(Systemd treats them as services, so they're running before you get your
logon screen.) Many of us consider that a waste of time. My system
only gets rebooted for kernel upgrades and only shuts down for hardware
issues or power outages. Linux is designed to run 24/7 and I see no
reason not to keep my desktop ready to use at a moment's notice. YMMV,
of course, and presumably does.
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