Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 14th Jul 2007 19:38 UTC, submitted by mark
"Major Linux distributors have been shipping ACPI in Linux for several years, yet mis-perceptions about ACPI persist in the Linux community. This paper addresses the most common myths about ACPI in Linux [.pdf]." In addition, there are proposals to utilise kexec-based hibernation in Linux.
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I've never actually used suspend/hypernate on any of the laptops/desktops I've owned.
As for ACPI; you're right thjayo, there is a bit of a 'hit and miss' as to the reliability of ACPI implementations out there.
For me, I found that as long as you stick to name brands, install the latest BIOS updates when they're made available (I'm running HP Pavilion dv6209tx with Ver. 26 of their BIOS) and it is rock solid with Linux and Solaris Express (which I'm running now, latest build - opensol-20070709 ).
The problem is repeatable. I remember Linux a few years ago when it was getting blamed for instability by Eugenia with her VIA chipset and GeForce graphics card - if you choose, quite frankly, crappy hardware (which is generally cheap), you really have to ask yourself, why is it so cheap, what have they cut in terms of quality to get the price so low?