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		elai on Dec 5, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linus Torvalds: Debugging hell I've always wondered why linux has a hard time with suspend and hibernate, while on windows (and osx) there usually isn't any problems at all.

kaens on Dec 5, 2008 [–]

Because hardware vendors work directly with windows to make suspend / hibernate work correctly.

Because for a long time, apple only had one architecture to worry about.

Because linux has only gotten "big enough to pay attention to" in the last few years.

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