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Since at least the 2019 model Dell XPS 13s no longer have S3 sleep mode and instead uses Microsoft's "Modern Standby" (s0ix)[1], which consumes tons of power wh

• thombles 4y ago
  s0ix is fine so long as it actually activates. The problem is that in some default configurations it doesn't and you end up using a poorer sleep. On my 9305 it was a matter of changing a storage setting in the BIOS and afterwards it was perfectly fine. (If you'll pardon linking my own blog, I wrote about this particular issue a little while ago: https://thomask.sdf.org/blog/2021/08/15/debian-11-bullseye-on-the-dell-xps-13-9305.html https://thomask.sdf.org/blog/2021/08/15/debian-11-bullseye-o...)
• criddell 4y ago
  I found this with my ThinkPad. If I don't remember to completely power it down, I'll pull it out of my bag and it will be hot.
  • Green_man 4y ago
    On my Thinkpad x13 there was an option to use "Linux sleep" or something like that in the uefi (bios?) Settings. I think this just gives it the normal sleep behavior, and definitely reduced how often my laptop would come out of my backpack hot and on low battery (running Linux)
• alpaca128 4y ago
  > in order to have slightly quicker wake times. Unless it pulled a breaking Windows update at night so the laptop won't boot anymore the next morning.