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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by Osiris on Sunday November 15, 2020 @09:55PM (#25107458)
Linux as a server/headless OS has been fantastic for me. I have a home NAS running Linux that hasn't been rebooted in over a year and that was due to swapping out hard drives.

Linux as my desktop OS, not so much. I have to reboot my Linux laptop every few days for various reasons, including complete unresponsiveness to any keyboard input.

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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by the_af on Sunday November 15, 2020 @10:13PM (#25107558)
That's really weird. Which distro and hardware are you using? I can go months without rebooting. I mostly do so when Linux tells me it needs a reboot to apply some update.

Keep in mind I use my laptop for both coding and gaming (if it ever locks up it's because of a game -- which wasn't uncommon years ago when I used Windows, either).

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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by blockmeifyoucan on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:20AM (#25109035)
Run a memtest86 and keep an eye on the temps during usage. This is not normal.

Are you running nvidia drivers?

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