[ltp] Re: T41: swsusp vs. swsusp2

[Tino Keitel]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 09:10:30 -0500, Shannon McMackin wrote:
> Felix E. Klee wrote:
> > I recently acquired a T41 and I'd like to know:
> > 
> >   Is there any advantage in using Software Suspend 2 instead of the
> >   Software Suspend built into the original kernel?
> > 
> > In particular, I'm interested in the following aspects:
> > 
> > * Stability
> > 
> > * Speed
> > 
> Depends on what distro.  Suspend to Disk in Suse 9.3 and above and
> Ubuntu worked well once tweaked.  On RHEL or FC, I've always used Suspend2.
> 
> The original Suspend just takes a bit longer.
> 
> Suspend2 lets you suspend to a file.

And it supports compression, encryption, comes with a very handy
hibernate script and is meant to be a more generic approach (more
platform independent).

Regards,
Tino