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Why does Linux have such a terrible sleep? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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In 8 hours it uses 20% of the battery. When Windows or Mac are put to sleep, the damn things can sleep for a week! This is the case with Linux on multiple laptops.

Is there some kind of manipulation going by ring -1 that detects Linux is running? Is Linux not respecting some procedure and kissing a step?

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[–] 25 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I once did a deep dive on sleep mode for some problem a friend was having. I'm now convinced it might be the worst thing I've ever seen in modern computing. It's globally horrendous, poorly implemented, and causes random problems in unfathomable places. It's amazing it ever works at all.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    It makes what Valve was able to do with the Steam Deck even more impressive imo. You can suspend mid game, like a Nintendo Switch, and it just works.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (4 children)

    I love that. Though I'm less impressed by my Steam Deck draining the battery on idle sleep (no game running) within like two days, and even in shutdown within about a week.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    two days

    I think that's just how sleep works. Turn the thing off or put it in hibernation if i you're mid game and think it'll be days

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    That's not how sleep works for other devices. With a game running it's about a day, which I don't have an issue with. But in idle standby or especially shutdown it shouldn't consume that much power.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    That's just cause its an AMD APU, and nvidia hates linux.

    Which is nice and impressive, but its cause nvidia's shit, not anything valve specific

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