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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdeutils/klaptopdaemon
From:       Volker Krause <volker.krause () rwth-aachen ! de>
Date:       2003-10-07 10:33:50
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George Staikos wrote:
> CVS commit by staikos:
> Question for developers: can we clarify the difference between:
> - hibernate
> - suspend
> - standby

According to the klaptopdaemon code "hibernate" means suspend to disk, 
"suspend" means suspend to RAM and "standby" is used for other power saving 
modes with less energy saving.
IMHO these categories make sense, but I'm not sure how obvious the naming is.

> My laptop has one thing, called "sleep".  Which one am I going to put it
> under to emulate the same behaviour as a PC?

I would say this depends on what it actually does.

regards
Volker
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