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Hibernating a Linux Laptop...FINALLY!

Oct 06, 2008, 13:03 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Jack Wallen)

"What I did discover is that suspend and hibernate are two very different beasts and that suspend is still quite elusive in Linux while hibernate is not so challenging. How are they different? There are two different types of suspend: Suspend to RAM (suspend) and Suspend to Disk (Hibernate.) Suspend to RAM is when you save the laptop state to RAM so that it can be quickly brought back."

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