> Obviously Linux can sleep easily since decades ago.
Over the last 5 years, I had about 4 laptops that I ran Linux on. Not a single one was able to survive this:
- Do some work on it
- Close the lid
- Drive somewhere else
- Resume work
At best, the laptop would freeze and require a hard reset (extra annoying on Dell XPS for some reason). At worst, it will be completely draining of power. All of my linux-loving colleges had the same issues. Windows worked just fine on those laptops, btw.
Over the last 5 years, I had about 4 laptops that I ran Linux on. Not a single one was able to survive this:
- Do some work on it - Close the lid - Drive somewhere else - Resume work
At best, the laptop would freeze and require a hard reset (extra annoying on Dell XPS for some reason). At worst, it will be completely draining of power. All of my linux-loving colleges had the same issues. Windows worked just fine on those laptops, btw.
If you're curious, we've advanced beyond simple Suspend-to-RAM in 2012 when haswell was released. Out of the 3 major OS that used on desktop, only linux doesn't support those features: https://www.anandtech.com/show/6355/intels-haswell-architect...
I rarely have issues with S3 on my linux/windows desktop, though.