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Linux gamers: Do you ever occasionally shut down your PC? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 week 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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[-] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 week ago

I find sleep is still a bit quirky on Linux. Every once an a while it’ll get stuck in sleep mode and I can’t bring it back to life - forcing a hard reset via pulling the power.

So I just shut it down. I wouldn’t have an issue just always shutting down, but ddr5 memory training is annoying and I wish it didn’t behave so slow on startup.

[-] DundasStation@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

I was experiencing a similar issue, and I may have fixed it by expanding my swapfile from 2GB to 16GB. I usually start having wake issues every 2-3 days, but I'm officially on my first full week without any issues since expanding my swapfile.

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