Recently I had to write an article on Linux green computing. During the writing of that article I was sent on yet another quest to get some form of hibernate and or suspend working on a Linux laptop. This quest had me digging through nearly every configuration file and every package I could find in an attempt to get an off-brand laptop (Everex Zonbook) running Mandriva Spring 2008 to either suspend or hibernate. I was surprised at what I discovered and the results I came up with.

Let’s first chat about what I discovered. No I didn’t uncover the meaning of life, a cure for cancer, or proof that Linux will drastically lower TCO. What I did discover is that suspend and hibernate are two very different beasts and that suspend is still quite elusive in Linux while hibernate is not so challenging. How are they different?

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