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

Patrick McFarland diablod3 at gmail.com
Thu May 4 01:03:10 BST 2006


On Wednesday 03 May 2006 19:32, Bonilla, Alejandro wrote:
> The term is Suspend, short of Suspend to RAM. But this is Ubuntu Linux
> for Humans so Sleep is maybe the right word.

Thats my reasoning too. That, and suspend has a negative feel to it... ask any 
kid who has had to visit the principal's office in school. ;)

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