Comment by hpb42 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by hpb42 | Hacker News Reader

If you are running a Linux distribution that uses systemd, you can check how long it takes to boot with

  $ systemd-analyze
  # if you prefer a nice diagram:
  $ systemd-analyze plot > boot-sequence.svg

My 6-year old laptop takes 7 seconds to boot (dual core i5, 8GB DDR3, SSD, ArchLinux). My previous computer used to take ~10 seconds do boot. If you don't have a bloated OS, there's no need for sleep/hibernate.

I guess Kernel/driver developers have a computer that boots fast as well, so they don't care about optimizing sleep/hibernate functionality?

10 seconds to boot is 10 times longer than 1 second to wake up, and after waking up all my state is back, vs extra seconds required to start apps and restore them to their previous state on boot.

> If you don't have a bloated OS, there's no need for sleep/hibernate..

What are you talking about? Sleep and hibernation can keep the state of the computer on next use.

Glad you can boot quickly but that's not the point.

The biggest advantage to sleep/hibernate isn’t time to first work. It’s being able to resume exactly where you last were.

I came from Linux laptops to MacBooks 6 years ago and that was such a big improvement. Not having to think about where I’m pausing my work. Even with the Linux laptop only failing to wake up about 20%. Although sometimes it’d fail to sleep and empty my battery and heat my backpack.

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