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Linux gamers: Do you ever occasionally shut down your PC? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 day ago by DundasStation@lemmy.ca to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Every night, I put my computer to sleep. But should I be shutting it down every now and then? For example, maybe once a week or once a month?

Just curious to see this question answered from a Linux gamers' perspective.

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[–] Xylight@lemdro.id 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Hibernation is underrated. If you don't want to risk losing stuff you have open but want 0 energy draw, hibernation is great. As a bonus, you can store your swap file in an encrypted partition to prevent attacks possible with normal sleep mode.

I have my sleep option set to automatically switch to hibernation if it's been asleep for 3 hours.

[–] poinck@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

And I thought, I am the only one using it. I have a swap file on btrfs on a LUKS-encrypted drive. It is custom, yes, but also very reliable.