[gobolinux-users] Useful things for laptops

[Rafael Guterres Jeffman]

MLA-Gobo wrote:

> I vote for suspend2. It's not in the kernel, although it may end up being
>
>included at some point in the not-to-distant future. And while it may be 
>useless on desktops, it doesn't take up that much space.
>
Last time I used software suspend, it was "cool" but not very stable. 
But that's 2.4-era anyway, things should have improved now.

 From the "whole distribution" point of view, adding software suspend is 
not so easy (as in "care for space").

For example, some modules need to be unload (and for such, must be 
compiled as modules), some services need to be stopped, X stops working, 
etc. Also, the size of the swap partition is somewhat counter-intuitive: 
the more RAM you have, the more swap you need.

IMHO, it is still to immature to be used. (I just checked "suspend2", 
but similar problems arise on swsusp).

I'm one of those who want this to work, and GoboLinux did support it, on 
version 004 or 005, as I worked with it with Lucas.

Just my $0.02

-- Rafael