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Re:I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great by plagiarist on Saturday January 10, 2026 @12:01PM (#46567460)
I've got a Framework I am not too upset with, but the battery life (especially during sleep) is definitely one of my gripes. I still have yet to try powertop or other tools to optimize, maybe I would be proven wrong.
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Re:I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great by dale_glass on Saturday January 10, 2026 @02:18PM (#46568965)
Sleep just ceased to exist in the last few years and got replaced with an always on, low power mode.

I believe the reasoning was partly that suspend to RAM had serious reliability issues due to the complexity of saving the state, partly that people starting expecting cell phone-like performance where eg, mail is always received.

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Re:I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great by mixmastamyk on Saturday January 10, 2026 @02:45PM (#46569231)
Depends. The Intel models still support sleep on Linux (at least up to 12 or 13 gen, AMD boards only nap.
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