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

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    17 days ago

    suspend has to keep supplying power to the RAM

    When I close my laptop’s lid, I have it set up to suspend for five minutes, then hibernate.

    That lets me close the lid and move the laptop to somewhere nearby without using much battery power, but if it gets left closed for long, the thing will hibernate, so it won’t drain the battery.

    That’s HandleLidSwitch=suspend-then-hibernate in /etc/systemd/logind.conf, and HibernateDelaySec=300 in /etc/systemd/sleep.conf.

    Any other system just gets shut down.