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The point that Linux enthusiasts become Linux realists is when they realize they are afraid to put their laptop to sleep by closing the lid.
by cosmo7 18y ago
The point that Linux enthusiasts become Linux realists is when they realize they are afraid to put their laptop to sleep by closing the lid.
- icefox 18y agoBingo! That is why for the past few years every laptop I have bought has OS X on it. The hardware works, in particular sleep suspend. Close the lid and it goes to sleep, open the lid and it wakes up in moments, not thirty seconds. On the desktop I run Linux, but for a laptop it is all OS X. Everything I do is c/c++, unix, or web related so working in OS X doesn't matter.
- parbo 18y agoMy Eee Pc 901 works fine with suspend/resume, both take just a couple of seconds. The only thing that sometimes fail is audio, but that is easily recovered. EDIT: With Ubuntu 8.10
- zack 18y ago"Easily recovered" translates to "minor pain in the ass" Lot of build up for the pain body, bro.
- nailer 18y agoThe point that Linux enthusiasts become Linux realists is when they realize it doesn't magically work on every computer, and buy something to suit. I hit the power button, choose suspend or hibernate. Later I hit the keyboard to resume, enter my screensaver password, and resume work. Edit: I play music and download files with the lid closed. So I don't want my computer to turn off when I do that. And OS X uses screensaver when resuming too - I own one.
- swombat 18y agoThat's pretty long-winded. I save several seconds on each of those operations by not having to do any of them, ever - just close the lid, open the lid. I love my Mac.
- donw 18y agoThat was actually the switching point for me, from Linux to OS X. After months of effort, I finally got suspend/resume working well on my laptop, but still couldn't find a way to close the lid, connect to a monitor, and have X11 automagically handle the screen resolution shift. I'm not sure I could switch back; I'm more likely to switch to Windows than Linux again, just for the international support.
- twopoint718 18y agoMe too, and Debian runs great on it; suspend/resume included.
- olefoo 18y agouh, suspend/resume works fine on both my laptop and my netbook under linux... But keep telling yourself that Windows is the future; it's part of my competitive advantage ;-)