[ ] Gentoomode

you cannot possibly ask this question without saying what type of computer it is

shutdown
turn the psu switch off

[x] Leave on all the time
I have 100% nuclear power.
It's cheaper.

[ ] directly unplug from wall
Master race

[x] Leave on all the time

[x] Shutdown

[x] iPad mode - never needs a charge

[X] Leave on all the time
my ups will handle it

>>31193703 (OP)
[shutdown]

>>31193703 (OP)
shutdown all day erryday

[✔] Leave it on and bring it under the covers mode

>>31193824
*And then unplug
>>31193775
bro fist

>>31193838
>sleeping in bed with a laptop
foreveralone.jpg

[X] Shutdown
I live with someone who thinks computers emit waves that give you cancer so...

Hibernate.
>inb4 people who never turn their computers off

Hibernate

>>31193838
enjoy your blanket fires

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>>31193872
Whoever said it was a laptop?
I like my women a little on the big side.

>Things get a bit hot after a while.

I'd leave mine on all the time, but bright LEDs and loud fans stop me from falling asleep.

>>31193703 (OP)
Leave on all the time. The last time this computer was shut down was 4 years ago when I installed the os.

[ ] Shutdown
[x] Sleep mode
[x] Hibernate
[ ] Leave on all the time

Depends on how long I'll be gone. I also hibernate when I want to reboot into Windows for some gaming.

Shutdown at night. I cant bear to hear the whirring all night long, even if I lower the graphics card fan speed down to 25%-30%

That said I dont have a case so you know.. whatever.

>>31193957
Post uptime for proof.

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>>31193703 (OP)

[ ] Shutdown
[ ] Sleep mode
[ ] Hibernate
[ X] Leave on all the time

I've forget how to turn it off ...

>>31193768
Where?

Also, I generally close my MBP (I don't know if that counts as Hibernate or Sleep Mode), but occasionally I'll shut it off for the night.

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[ x ] Leave on all the time
[ x ] Screen off while away

pic irrelevant

Sleep mode is broken for me. Whenever I plug my PC back it in just boots normally

Desktop: Leave on all the time
Laptop: Hibernate.

Shutdown.

My Raspberry Pi torrent box is 24/7 anyway.

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>>31194015
Keep in mind that this is my server/htpc

>>31194034
>Based Bastiat

There is no reason to keep your computer on all the time. Start up takes less than a minute on most machines.

>>31194221
>wintermute
I see you too also read books.

>>31194383
Not enough people do

[ ] Install Gentoo

shutdown because the damn thing won't give a video signal again
turn the PSU switch off
unplug power cable from PSU switch
Turn PSU switch on
mash down power button of computer (so that the energy empties)
turn PSU switch off
plug in power
turn PSU switch on
Turn on computer


I have to do this every time I get no video signal upon boot. Turning off the PSU or doing a cmos clear never works.

>[X] Leave on all the time
if not possible
>[ ] Shutdown

My Linux systems aren't even configured for sleep or hibernate, have no swap, and I did powercfg -h off on Windows too.

Hibernating with an SSD is not even faster than booting.
And sleeping introduces all kinds of bullshit bugs with WiFi, Bluetooth, WWAN, etc. hardware entering unkown states, on both Windows and Linux.

Which one wears your components less anyway?

>>31194567
sleep or always on

>>31194492
I still hibernate my laptop with a SSD just because its really nice to pick up exactly where I left off. Sure I could use sleep but using up 10% of the battery every night for that seems pointless.

And before you complain about SSD wear its really a non-issue. With a 256GB SSD that is only half full and one hibernate taking up 80+% of my daily writes getting a decade of life out of it should not be an a problem.

Hibernate
What, you plebs are still using HDDs? Oh lawd...

>>31194567
Keeping it on all the time. ICs wear more from temperature changes than from operating normally and (desktop) HDDs wear more from spinning up and down than from running.
If you do not keep it on, there is little difference between S3/S4/S5.

>>31194492
>Hibernating with an SSD is not even faster than booting.
There are multiple ultrabooks with sub-2 second startups from hibernate. You're fucking high.

>>31194650
From hibernate? Are you sure? My X230 takes longer to resume from sleep and become usable.

Shutdown im not a faggot

>>31194650
These use propietary hibernating solutions like Intel RapidStart and not standard hibernate as defined by the ACPI S4 state.

>>31193703 (OP)
Desktop/Gaming Computer
Shutdown

MacBook
Sleep Mode, never shut down, only reboot

>>31193703 (OP)
>Restarting
Jesus Christ, how horrifying!

Windows 8 shutdown aka hibernate in denial.

>>31194748
>hibernate in denial.
I lold.

>>31194710
BAW NOT EVERYTHING IS FREE

ITS NOT ACTUALLY FAST. ITS ONLY PROPRIETARY FAST
Fuck off freetard.

>>31193929
Quad SLI Nvidia, under the covers. Running at 100% load.

>>31194774
It is not about being a freetard.
The OP didn't specify a platform. And these implementations are not available on other platforms like AMD motherboards, even if you use 100% propietary software.

[X] Leave on all the time

>>31194748
I thought that was a funny joke until I found it won't even detect new hardware when booting up.

>shut down PC
>plug in new HDD
>boot up
>no new HDD
>restart and then it's magically there.

Did the same thing with my sound card too.

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>>31194857
You can diasble it.

[✔] Sleep mode (most of the time)

I messed up somewhere in my openbox config (crunchbang), so I have to go through all this every time I start up my computer if I want my desktop how I like it:

>change wallpaper
it won't remember the one I've set it to last session for some reason.
>restart tint2 manually
it works fine when it's restarted.. but it won't appear automatically on start up
>open 4 terminals - irssi, screenfetch, rtorrent, and ranger
>connect to irc.rizon.net with irssi
>join #/g/technology with irssi once it has connected to rizon
>find the magnet links for torrents that didn't finish last session, and paste them into rtorrent
>open iceweasel
>arrange and resize my windows

.. I can't be bothered to do that every time.. and yes.. ranger and screenfetch are really just rice.. but my desktop seems bare without them..

>>31194898
Thanks, I never thought to check the power options on my desktop.

>>31194898
Why didn't they call it hybernation. though? That's exactly what it is.

>>31194980
Well its not exactly hibernate as hibernate implies saving a lot more things than hybrid boot does.

>>31195035
They copy whatever's on RAM to disk, then power off. How is it any different?

>>31195192
When you hibernate all your shit is right where you left it when you boot back up.
Hybrid boot basically logs the user off and closes all applications before hibernating.

So yes, as far as system services, drivers and the kernel is concerned they are the same but the user experience is not even close.

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>>31194799
Toasty~

[×] Leave on all the time
>>31194221
>wintermute
good taste

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>>31193838

[x] Sleep mode

so I can turn it from anywhere where is internet using WOL.

shutdown because the damn thing won't give a video signal again
turn the PSU switch off
unplug power cable from PSU switch
Turn PSU switch on
mash down power button of computer (so that the energy empties)
turn PSU switch off
plug in power
turn PSU switch on
Turn on computer


I have to do this every time I get no video signal upon boot. Turning off the PSU or doing a cmos clear never works.

>>31193775
remember to turn off the wall switch
otherwise carbon tracts form between the contacts and the plug either catches fire or stays on all the time

>>31195674
Um, Wake on LAN works from soft off (S5)...

>>31194479
>>31195679
wat

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>>31195728
mfw both posts end in 79

when I'm around the house
>leave it on
when I'm out of the house, but not far
>sleep
when I leave for greater distances
>shutdown, turn off power distributor

>>31195679
Looks like you should return some of your parts, you retard.

>>31195941
hahaha
as if i give a shit as long as everything works
the last time I had this issue was a month ago
also what fucking part am i supposed to return for WHAT reason? The PSU? The mainboard? the graphics card? How the fuck am i supposed to find out if that shit happens each few months, retard?

>>31194060
>sleep mode
>unplug
ohshitniggerwhatareyoudoing.sh

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>Leave on all the time
>never having power outages ever
Where on earth do you live?
Do you even have weather?

>>31196078
I have a 28-hr uac for my server rack and a generator for my house. I lose power on average of 86 times per year.

Super+L

Then it decides on its own, if I'm going to be back soon or not.

>>31196109
What if you aren't around when power fails and can't get back to start the generator before the UAC dies?
What if the generator runs out of fuel?

>>31196078
I probably only lose power once a year and Colorado gets plenty of weather.

Besides, this isn't the days of FAT32 anymore. Power outage just means I have to turn on my computer again and have never had any problems because of one.

>>31196202
Generator is a 6kw propane on an autostart circuit that I've setup to email me and ask if I want to start the generator if my power goes out.

>>31196203
I'm not talking about losing anything I'm talking about sysadmin uptime epeen being suddenly severed by an outage.

>>31196078
I live in a country that doesn't use retarded above-ground infrastructure everywhere, unlike the US.

>>31196279
Good thing I'm not in this for the dick waving then.

sleep mode. i've powered on this psu like 500,000 times and it hasn't died.

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[ ] Shutdown
[x] Sleep mode
[ ] Hibernate
[ ] Leave on all the time

I used to leave it on all the time but don't anymore. Difficult to sleep.

>29 and living with parents
>everything I own is in the smashed into the 12'x12' room i grew up in

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>>31196262
>starting a generator through email

>>31193703 (OP)
[xXx] Leave on all the time
#YOLO

>>31195679
Hot wire the pci express detect to always be on. Problem solved.

You're welcome