This is my one deal killer for Linux on the Desktop. I have a stack of laptops with Linux installed (mostly Fedora). They are all Dell Latitudes. My main two are a Gen 12 i7 and a Gen 8 i5. I’d rather use the Gen 12 i7 (it also has more RAM and storage). However, the i7 doesn’t have S2 sleep, only S0ix. When I shut the lid, it will lose about 40%-50% battery over an 8 hour period. The Gen 8 i5 does have S2 and sleeps okay with it. I only get a 10% drop in battery over the same period.
I hear that this is some Microsoft-Dell shenanigans to “better” support Win10/11. But is there a lightweight 14" or 15" laptop out there that will run Linux well and sleep without draining the battery so much? Would and AMD system work better than Intel?
I see all the complaints about sleep but there has to be something better than 40%-50% drop on the nightly that would require me to keep it on power just to have a fresh laptop when I need it.
My Lenovo LOQ 15arp goes to sleep really nicely. Flawlessly, really, every single time.
It just can’t wake up from sleep and requires a reset to be able to do anything after a sleep on kernel 6.11+.
6.10 is fine.
Why the hell is sleep so difficult for Linux machines?
No kidding. My old Dells are great but the newer beefier one requires me to spend alot of thought on keeping it charged. I went back to my M1 Mac just for the lack of worry about having enough power. I wish MS didn’t have such power over the vendors but I also wish we could figure this out on the Linux side. I’ve searched and searched for an S0ix solution but finally gave up and asked here about other hardware.