They really don't. Suspend doesn't always wake up all devices, different kernel ...

bananas on March 17, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Before you Dual Boot – MS, OEMs and Linux

They really don't. Suspend doesn't always wake up all devices, different kernel releases break hibernate completely. Also Ubuntu just disabled hibernate for a vast chunk of time. It's never worked properly. And don't get me started on all the playing around you have to do with powertop to get usable battery life.

And that is Ubuntu (12.04 LTS) noob friendly edition on standard Intel Centrino hardware.

girvo on March 17, 2014 [–]

Hibernate is a good point. But on my Samsung Series 5 ultrabook, Ubuntu 13.04 got better battery life, out of the box, than Windows 8 did.