inconsistent use of the words "suspend" and "sleep" on the desktop

[Bonilla, Alejandro]

On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 17:23 -0400, Patrick McFarland wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 May 2006 12:23, Matthew East wrote:
> > A translator has brought it to my attention that the words "sleep" and
> > "suspend" are used with different meanings on the desktop. Specifically,
> > gnome-power-manager gets it wrong. In my understanding, the correct use
> > of the words (as used in the logout dialogue and the
> > file /etc/default/acpi-support) is like this:
> >
> > Sleep = Suspend to Ram
> > Hibernate = Suspend to Disk
> >
> > GPM uses them like this:
> >
> > Suspend = Sleep to Ram)
> > Hibernate = Sleep to Disk)
> >
> 
> IMO, Suspend and Hibernate really are the correct terms. WIndows gets it wrong 
> by saying Sleep and Hibernate.

I think it's over talked about what people really need or the options we
have.

Suspend is Suspend to RAM, Hibernate is to (Suspend, Sleep, Save) to
Disk.

http://www.lifsoft.com/power/faq.htm

-- 
Alejandro Bonilla