http://www.nogators.com/articles/2008/11/03/things-that-confuse-me.rss en-us 40 Snark Redux <p>I'm on Linux (Ubuntu) here. Sleep sort of works, but the system load after sleep is really high. Unfortunately, there's a bug that renders the system unusable after sleep sometimes. That alone kills my wanting to put it into sleep. My system also periodically (at least once a week or so) either freezes with a blinking caps lock key or X becomes so unstable that it needs to be killed and restarted. Unfortunately, overall my linux machine is probably less stable than my desktop running WinXP. My wife's MacBook is a model of stability; I have no clue if it's been rebooted in a couple of months, and sleep/resume just works. What am I putting my Llinux machine through to render it so unstable? VMware, Firefox, email, and Eclipse.</p> Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:08:16 -0600 urn:uuid:26ff5d9a-2960-4669-bdea-76a419e979be http://new.mischeathen.com/articles/2008/11/03/things-that-confuse-me#comment-3134 <p>I'm using XP on my work (HP) feater. This is the first machine that I have attempted to leave booted through sleep. It works about 80% of the time: it starts failing after 3 or 4 bedtimes and a hard boot is required. There have also been a variety of weirdnesses with Outlook (it's grim?), but that may be unrelated instability.</p> Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:07:10 -0600 urn:uuid:5d88c5bb-fcac-477b-a5b2-76141077a18c http://new.mischeathen.com/articles/2008/11/03/things-that-confuse-me#comment-3135