Re: How to hibernate?

[Frederic Muller <fredm gnome org>]

On 06/14/2011 03:07 PM, W. Martin Borgert wrote:
> On 2011-06-14 08:58, Frederic Muller wrote:
> > GNOME 3 allows easy customization through extensions. You can find
> > currently available extensions here:
> > https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Extensions/
> > I suppose this one should solve that problem:
> > * alternative-status-menu : For those who want a power off item
>
> Too bad, this is not yet packaged for Debian. OK, I can just
> "sudo hibernate" :~)
>
> I wonder, why the default GNOME3 desktop does not offer
> Hibernate (to disk) anymore, but Suspend (to RAM)? I would have
> taken away Suspend, not Hibernate, just for sake of saving
> energy, because a suspended computer still eats electricity.
> Everybody talks about saving energy these days, GNOME3 not?
>
> I was under the (maybe wrong) impression, that almost all users
> do hibernate their machines, and it sounds strange to me, that
> they need to install an extension first and than have to press
> an additional button, where before it was a first level menu.
> When I have to press an additional button, I will miss it surely
> every second time. Means, I have to switch the machine on again,
> just to switch it off :~(

It doesn't need to be packaged. Using git you can easily install the 
extension (just switch to the right branch). I can help you off the list 
if you need.

As per your other comment this is currently a point of discussion among 
the design team, there is a bug opened for it and the default behavior 
might change.

Fred