AFAIK it's easier to set up on Wayland, but I have it working on X.
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Maybe I'm super lucky, but I rarely had problems with suspend on Linux. Having said that I prefer no suspend on closing the lid, and AFAIK that's not an option on MacOS.
How much time did you have to spend fiddling with your config to get it working? Does it work reliably? Last I checked, it wasn't even possible with an NVIDIA card.
>Having said that I prefer no suspend on closing the lid, and AFAIK that's not an option on MacOS.
Yes it is.
Max an hour. It's an Intel GPU on a cheapo netbook (hence the need to make it as efficient as possible). Arch wiki is quite decent for this kind of stuff.
I don't know about NVIDIA, I didn't own one since a long time.
Especially if I'm also carrying something in my other hand.
Those aren't really problems, but it can be a minor matter of convenience, and I've set both my work and personal laptops to not suspend when the lid is closed.
I'm not saying that's in any way a better idea than keeping the typical default, and I have absolutely no opinion on what anybody else should do.
FWIW, I also don't care whether macOS gives an option for not triggering sleep when closing the lid, which was the original matter. But I don't agree that there's no reason to close the lid except for suspending.
I at least sometimes see coworkers walking around with open laptops, which looks inconcenient. I am sure they have their reason for not closing the lid.