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Re:FreeBSD: How Can We Make It More Attractive to New Users? by devilbunny on Monday October 14, 2024 @07:05PM (#41843135)
I did, routinely, with my ThinkPad until a month or two ago. See, it would surreptitously turn itself back on (to hit Windows Update!) and kill its battery overnight. I tried turning everything off; didn't work.

Just over a month ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41442490 was posted. I went into the BIOS, changed the "sleep mode" to "Linux" (at least ThinkPads still consider this), and... in sleep mode, I lost about 2-3% of battery overnight. Tops. I still hibernate for most situations, as I don't use the laptop much, but when I know I'm going to be using it often, it's nothing, and it works the way things were supposed to.

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Re:FreeBSD: How Can We Make It More Attractive to New Users? by hbogert on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @03:41AM (#41856565)
The regressions in standby/suspend are staggering inthe last 3-5 years. Peak stability was with my t480s, just proper s3 support. Currently it's hit and miss with this silly s0ix shenanigan.
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