pm-suspend-hybrid support in DeviceKit-power and g-p-m

[Kay Sievers]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:18, Richard Hughes <hughsient at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/12/2 Martin Pitt <martin.pitt at ubuntu.com>:
>> Personally I find this more appealing. To me, hybrid mode seems
>> conceptually closer to suspend than to hibernate, just with a safety
>> net (and of course a much longer suspend time).
>
> What does Windows 7 and OSX do? Do they put a safe suspend in the
> menus? Do they have tooltips explaining the nuances of each option?

As far as I know, Mac OS has hybrid only, no separate hibernate. Vista
has hybrid by default, but (custom) hibernate can be triggered from
the interface. Both do not have the simple (unsafe) suspend.

Kay