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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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[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The answer, even with other OS's, it's typically yes you should shut it down. I always use sleep, but if I know that I don't have anything important open, I try to shut down