My Linux computer runs 24x7. Teh windows machines i use usually can't go a full week without needing a restart for some silly reason or another. The year before I left IBM I had seven (7) linux boxes (production, backup, and development) running for more than one year (all of them) without a restart... they ran 24x7, never crashed, were never powered off, and were never restarted. In fact, sometimes it can be a little risky to reboot a machine that has been running that long (because of static dust buildup) as
On Monday 12 February 2007 11:21, Clayton wrote: the machine sometimes will not restart. Its a good idea to vacuum out cases once per quarter (depending on dust conditions), and machines should be restarted once or twice per year... but at the time it was a complete novelty to be able to say to someone who has suffered 18 BSOD this week that "oh too bad, my machines have been running 9 months, three days, 7 hours, and 22 minutes without a failure or restart----- !" They always say something ignorant like--- "NO WAY!! -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org