Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implement hibernation?

Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by phendrenad2 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @04:57PM (#26743667)

Honestly how old is "grandma" in 2021? Grandma is probably 60-70 years old, and likely grew up in the "space age" of computers. She likely has a Facebook and uses an Android phone. Grandma should take some time to learn the Linux way, she'll be a better computer user for it.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by zaphar on Thursday April 08, 2021 @05:26PM (#26743954)

Why should she? Grandma primarily uses Facebook, Instagram, and Facetime. Grandma doesn't have a goal to become a better computer user in general terms. Linux gives effectively 0 value to her over any other OS. And negative value in a number of various ways. Driver support among them.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by jfengel on Friday April 09, 2021 @10:07AM (#26750757)

At this point, I wonder if Grandma wants a desktop at all. Maybe Grandma just wants a tablet, perhaps with a keyboard. Tablet OSes don't really hibernate, but they use a lot less battery and have software designed to come back from a cold boot quickly.

I use my desktop OSes for my job, but could be perfectly happy with a Chromebook for most of what else I do in my life.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by pvorb on Thursday April 08, 2021 @05:28PM (#26743972)

Or she doesn't care about computers and just wants to call her friends via Skype in a pandemic. Why would she care about becoming a better computer user?

Yes, your type of grandma exists, but I don't know her.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by nl on Thursday April 08, 2021 @07:18PM (#26744959)

> she'll be a better computer user for it

Who (outside of HN readership) wants this?

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