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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

My Thinkpad only supports s2idle (checked the bios no way to turn on s3). It truly sucks, the laptop won't go 8 hours on idle without the battery dying. I used the amd-s2idle tester and it said the laptop was going to idle after 10 minutes but that was not reflected in real world use. Even after turning off every wakeup except the power button to prevent premature wakeup from wifi USB etc.

My only solution was to re-enabling hibernate. It's slower and takes disk space but it works. Laptop can go days on hibernate with no issue.

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