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> I just want my laptop to sleep and awake properly, without draining the battery. To be fair this is _also_ a massive problem on Windows too, because of Windo
by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
> I just want my laptop to sleep and awake properly, without draining the battery.
To be fair this is _also_ a massive problem on Windows too, because of Windows Modern Standby encouraging laptop makers to replace ol' reliable S3 sleep with the terribly broken modern standby stuff. Macbooks and certain Framework models are the only laptops left with reliable sleep.
Old video but nothing's really improved since: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHKKcd3sx2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHKKcd3sx2c
- whatevaa 1y agoNot a laptop, but steam deck sleeps perfectly. So it's not a Linux problem, but a laptop problem.
- CaptainOfCoit 1y agoMeanwhile, Microsofts cannot even get their own Surface line with Windows on them to not wake up while in your backpack.
- xethos 1y agoHell, my Pinephone Pro slept perfectly well as well. Beta-level hardware without a major company behind it, and sleep still worked reliably. At this point I expect sleep to work better on Linux than Windows machines.