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

Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by dirkt on Friday April 09, 2021 @01:49AM (#26747109)

> and it's upto hardware manufacturers to try and match the reference device to make their laptops/desktops compatible.

Good luck with that.

On most hardware I buy, I can read "compatible with Mac and Windows" on the package, but nobody seems to bother if it's compatible with Linux or not ...

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by infogulch on Friday April 09, 2021 @02:14AM (#26747227)

Maybe because "being compatible with Linux" doesn't mean anything specific. There's no spec so nobody can follow it... which is what GP is saying I suppose: Define a bar so people can try to aim for it.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by minkiu on Friday April 09, 2021 @09:50AM (#26750557)

Wouldn't "Compatible with Kernel 5.11" be a pretty good/accurate bar? That is if they upstream their drivers or develop their closed sourced ones against certain kernel?

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by dolmen on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:55PM (#26756044)

Except that when you get the device in your hands, the kernel version advertised is in the very best case one year old. So irrelevant.

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