If online articles and blogs are any indication of things, the number of Linux users migrating to, and satisfied with, Ubuntu GNU/Linux seems to be staggering. Given that, it was only a matter of time before a capable company had the resources to offer accessible, affordable Linux desktops and notebooks that delivered the way that Apple's products have. Colorado-based System76 sent us their Darter Ultra for review, and proved that there is an OEM hardware/software combination capable of being the primary PC for the general public.
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Member since:2006-09-08
GNOME is really weird about that. On my Thinkpad, all I see are Blank Screen and Shutdown. I have to wander into GConf->gnome-power-manager to enable suspend and hibernate and get them to show up for some reason. Also, the suspend bar doesn't let me choose anything less than 11 minutes on battery power, but anyways...
I need a new laptop and this review was very appropos to me; I had heard some issues with Ubuntu on their laptops, but reading this shows that there really aren't any bad issues. The competition between Dell and System76 should be very interesting to watch, since S76 has a great head start.
Edited 2007-05-24 00:54
Member since:2005-06-28
Member since:2006-08-30
It's a configuration option as you just saw in gconf-editor. Doesn't seem a problem with Power Management!
The suspend bar can be adjusted lower than 11 minutes, if you adjust screensaver to less than 10 minutes. This is a behavior of gnome-screensaver if I'm not wrong.
Member since:2005-07-24
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I agree. System76 should have modified this behavior before selling their machine.
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Ask them on the System76 forum of the Ubuntu Forums. They (System76 employees) are very open and available there.
The idea of enabling suspend is obvious enough that I'm sure thought went into the default setting for System 76 machines, and that it was not just inattention to detail.
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2005-06-28
> I'm surprised to see System76 not change this to suspend or hibernate by default.
I agree. System76 should have modified this behavior before selling their machine. By default it is set to just blank the screen I think, because the Gnome/ACPI developers are not sure if the PC/laptop supports hibernation/suspend correctly or not. So they take the easy way out of simply blank the screen or not blank it at all. You need to tell it otherwise in the Gnome Power Manager applet. But you see, this is why a user would buy from System76 and not a random laptop. Because they EXPECT such DETAILS to be already configured by the manufacturer. System76 has to learn these little tricks as they go along.