I use Ubuntu btw. Poweroff could use more write cycles on the SSD because it has to read everything at startup, but suspend has to keep supplying power to the RAM

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    17 days ago

    There is live (kernel) patching which circumvents the need for a restart. But that is meant for servers were you cannot afford the downtime and will only work for a while. Sooner or later you will have to restart to get the latest patches.