Security: gnome-screensaver VS. switch user

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:26 PM, erikmccaskey64
<erikmccaskey64 at zoho.com> wrote:
>
> People "usually" suspend their laptop, so that they can continue their work
> when they open the laptop. OK!

I don't.

> Two choices [GNOME]:

There is also hibernation as an option to "avoid" shutdown.

None of them are significantly more or less secure - they all depend
on login password authentication to resume work.  I'm not sure if the
"two" "different" suspend choices you list are actually different.

Please do not crosspost questions like this to multiple lists - find
the right one and ask there.