On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 9:35 PM, rusi <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 15, 4:23 pm, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: >> rusi <rustompm...@gmail.com> writes: >> > On Jun 15, 5:16 am, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: >> > > Is a web browser a “typical desktop app”? A filesystem browser? An >> > > instant messenger? A file transfer application? A podcatcher? All of >> > > those typically run for months at a time on my desktop. >> >> > > Any memory leak in any of those is going to cause trouble, please >> > > hunt them all down with fire and exterminate with prejudice. >> >> > Oh well -- I guess I am an old geezer who shuts my machine when I am >> > done! >> >> As do I. And when I power on the machine, it resumes exactly where it >> left off: with the exact same contents of memory as when I pressed the >> Suspend button. > Suspend is low-power, hibernate is 0-power > http://www.unixmen.com/suspend-vs-hibernate-in-linux-what-is-the-difference/ > > And I keep having some issues with hibernate
You can configure the Suspend button to hibernate the computer. Though my personal preference, when hibernating a computer, is to trigger it directly from software. Anyway, same difference; shut down a computer without shutting down a process. I do the same with several of my VMs - when I'm done with them, Save Machine State. (Except the one for Magic: The Gathering Online. For some reason MTGO has problems if I don't actually reboot it periodically, so that one I just shut down.) ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
