Hey, Is there a way to implement hibernation on Zorin OS 18? I switched from Windows 11 almost a month ago because I heard that they're adding unnecessary updates that crash the system and I usually hibernate my computer.
Here is a guide how to setup hibernation:
Many computers have problems with hibernation in linux, because of this the hibernation function is not enabled by default.
Thanks for the tutorial on implementing hibernation. Like a lot of others I switched from W10 to Z18 Core and so far so good, pretty happy with it! But like LQueso, I do like & did use hibernation a good bit with W10 and wouldn't mind having that option with Zorin. But after just looking through the tutorial and the steps required to implement hibernation it appears to be a rather daunting task!
Think I just keep using suspend, it works well enough, and boot time is so quick compared to W10, I'll just reboot more frequently!
Thanks again.
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Hibernation is one of the few things I miss on Zorin, coming from Win 10.
I would suggest the devs to look into this as its a standard feature used by many Win users.
I didnt try the tutorial above on my (now 2!) devices yet, but I didnt manage to make it on one of them running Zorin 17 after many attempts...
Is there not an easier way to enable it?
Agreed, I would not recommend using powersave features like suspend or hibernation on any Linux OS. Instead, you can install xscreensavers, and use that, or power off your monitor completely, or just shut the computer down at the end of the day.
From what I gathered power-states are generally... troublesome in Linux, unfortunately. And hibernation seems to be extra funky with Nvidia GPUs too!
That said I've seen this implemented "OOB" in Garuda, which lets the user pick the option during installation (since hibernation makes generous use of the swap partition so that needs to be ready). So, technically, it's doable. While Garuda's implementation ultimately managed to work for me on my dual-GPU laptop, the actual experience was sub-par (slow, laptop appeared frozen both during hibernation and restoration).
It does seem to be a feature gap in Linux desktop distros vs Windows.
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In defense of Linux, this is something even Windows struggles with nowadays. New sleep settings in modern windows is unreliable, and often leads to power drains that will suddenly end up with you and a dead laptop, losing whatever it was you wanted to keep open.
SUPPOSEDLY they have been working on this with windows 11, and I've seen some reports that it may be getting better... but I still wouldn't even do sleep on anything Windows side either, unless it's for a short amount of time.
...I mean... Windows generally has a bunch of struggles these days, so I'm not sure if that's a good argument. 
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