Wow it sounds like you have some barely-usable hunks of crap that just happen to run software and you don't mind if all the peripherals suck and malfunction.

"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"

Seriously, though, I feel you in terms of power management. My memories of my Thinkpad's Fedora days are painful in terms of sleep and hibernate.

My Chromebook is bad, of course, Linux under the hood, right? It likes to utterly disobey the lid switch. If I shut the lid it stays awake until otherwise idling out. If the computer is off and I open the lid, it springs to life even before I can hit the Power button. This is Not Supposed to Happen. wcyd?