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For laptop owners: What is the landscape of linux sleeping policy like 2026, i.e. S0ix vs S3? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I read how most laptop vendors nowadays force S0ix (Modern Standby). You can no longer pick S3.

On Linux the names for these policies in the kernel are:

  • deep, aka the S3 sleep or suspend to ram

  • s2idle, aka the new Modern Standby or S0ix or suspend to idle.

I am thinking of getting the new Framework laptop, but after talking with their CS, they mention that all Framework will run on S0ix and will not support S3 sleep.

There was a video of LTT bashing S0ix/Modern Standby years ago and he was correct. I had a Thinkpad and it defaulted to S0ix: resume and suspend were very unpredictable. Luckily that laptop also supports S3 so i can just switch to it.

Is resume / suspend getting better on Linux with this forced S0ix? Or i better hold on to an old laptop with S3 lol?

BTW, those with Framework, is resume/suspend reliable? Almost Mac like?

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[–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I had a similar experience with the XPS 13, which is odd because Dell explicitly supported Linux on this laptop. It was a good device and ran well for at least a decade.

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