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Does Linux emit random sounds or wake up in the middle of the night? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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This is my most needed feature in linux. I want zero 'connect/disconnect' sounds and if the laptop is asleep I don't want it to wake up in the middle of the night for no reason.

I have an infinite supply of Windows laptops from work but I hate them with a burning passion and I can't afford to replace my Macbook.

If someone can tell me what linux distro is the most silent and least annoying I will erase my entire Windows partition this weekend.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They don’t have that feature out of the box but I bet you could configure them to do so. I’m sure there’s a “randomly beep and turn on in the middle of the night” lib somewhere.

Erase it. Join us.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Actually back in the old days with daily cron jobs they'd usually trigger at 3 or 4AM and make your IDE hard drive chatter for a while. I think the systemd jobs work like acron and just fire once the machine is woken up if it's past time for them to run.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

TIL acron is anacron an asynchronous cron like tool and not a typo.

Edit: FWIW systemd timers can do both behaviors. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/Timers section 4.2

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Oh perfect! OP can probably just recreate that sound, even just slap a 3600rpm spinning disk drive in there for good measure. It’ll be familiar and cosy for them.