Hey #Linux people: Are nightly reboots a needed thing for Linux Desktop environments? I've got quite a few apps that seem to go wonky if I leave them running all night.
One example is #VLC, which I normally consider extremely reliable, taking up nearly 100% of the CPU if I leave it paused overnight. (I've got the flathub version, on #Fedora 40, if that matters)
@LouisIngenthron was it happen to you with version 39? Idk why but the version 40 is not stable at least for me.
@codeDude I don't know. I just made the switch to Linux a month or so ago, so F40 is the first for me.
@LouisIngenthron you mentioned apps What do other apps have the same behavior?
@codeDude VLC is the only one I have a smoking gun for. I only recently learned how to ctrl-alt-F3 to check top to determine the culprit. In the past I just hard-rebooted to fix the laggy OS.
I suspect Steam and qBittorrent may have also caused similar issues, though I have no evidence yet.
@LouisIngenthron what kind of file are you reproduce?
@LouisIngenthron nope, i only reboot when i want to apply updates
@LouisIngenthron Nope. I usually run 20-40 days uptime before Desktop Icons NG and GJS start crashing. I daily drive it at home and at work.