Frequent Question: What Is Suspend in Linux Mint?
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Suspend puts the computer to sleep by saving system state in RAM. In this state the computer goes into a low power mode, but the system still requires power to keep the data in RAM. To be clear, Suspend does not turn off your computer.

Is suspend the same as sleep?

When you suspend the computer, you send it to sleep. All of your applications and documents remain open, but the screen and other parts of the computer switch off to save power.

What is suspend to disk?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hibernation (or suspend to disk or Apple’s Safe Sleep) in computing is powering down a computer while retaining its state. When hibernation begins, the computer saves the contents of its random access memory (RAM) to a hard disk or other non-volatile storage.

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