this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
179 points (93.7% liked)

Technology

34438 readers
315 users here now

This is the official technology community of Lemmy.ml for all news related to creation and use of technology, and to facilitate civil, meaningful discussion around it.


Ask in DM before posting product reviews or ads. All such posts otherwise are subject to removal.


Rules:

1: All Lemmy rules apply

2: Do not post low effort posts

3: NEVER post naziped*gore stuff

4: Always post article URLs or their archived version URLs as sources, NOT screenshots. Help the blind users.

5: personal rants of Big Tech CEOs like Elon Musk are unwelcome (does not include posts about their companies affecting wide range of people)

6: no advertisement posts unless verified as legitimate and non-exploitative/non-consumerist

7: crypto related posts, unless essential, are disallowed

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago

can't collect your data if your device is actually sleeping

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

No problem

  • Under "Power Options," click "Change what the power buttons do."
  • Click the "Change settings that are currently unavailable" link near the top of the page.
  • Deselect Fast Startup (Recommended)
  • Save Changes
  • Done

It always amuses me when people say that Windows is easier to use than Linux, which is absolutely false and only coincides with basic functions, but not if you want to make Windows do what the you want and not the other way around. Windows allows you to tame it completely, it has all the necessary settings, but naturally these are becoming less and less intuitive and more hidden.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's easier for people who don't know what they're doing. The limitations keep those users from breaking things and provide a decent out-of-the-box experience for the user. The very same limitations feel, well, limiting to users like you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I mean, I'm not, but only because I am too lazy to change (so far). I've been remarkably content with the Steam Deck desktop experience, so I'm leaning more and more towards Linux.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have a Mac / Linux background. I took a job where I supported primarily Windows machines. I remember wanting to set a machine to NTP to solve an out-of-sync time issue. I knew what the goddamned computer protocol was, but futzed around trying to find where I could enable it for ten minutes. Windows is confusing as fuck. I say that as a person who has since learned where shit is in this bullshit OS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yes, I know. This is why it amuses me when someone says that Windows is a good system for beginners. It is only at first glance, but if you want to access more in-depth configurations so that it does what you want and not the other way around, which is possible, it quickly becomes Comanche territory. Certainly nothing for newbees.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sleep has always been a hit or miss. My HP probook would wake up just to tell me the battery is low. Then, proceeded to sleep, because the battery was low. Then, wake up, to tell me the battery is low...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That would be a product of the HP code mills.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

fast startup is pretty good tho.
win11 tases painfully long time to coldboot (2-3 minutes, somehow even slower than linux boot times on an 8 year old laptop) even from a fast nvme drive and fast boot solves that issue

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

In 2-3 minutes I am already posting on Lemmy with W10, there is not much difference between cold and fast boot, it may be because of the SSD. I prefer cold boot, because with fast boot it boots maybe a few seconds faster, but a lot of garbage remains in memory that slows down the system.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

pff, just power the PC off completely, that'l put it to sleep. Don't trust that windows actually powers it off? Unplug the thing! While you are at it power off that phone of yours completely, that'l put the annoying notifications sounds and buzzing to rest.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

just as i saw this post my computer i put to sleep woke up presumably because updates pending or some bullshit like that

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My desktop isn't a problem, but the Dell laptop issued by my employer is a pain. It can take over an hour to load the models I work on, so I only shut down over the weekend and sleep it weeknights. Every time some BS, probably hidden behind admin credentials by IBM will wake it up within 20 minutes. Luckily I've discovered pulling the power and leaving it in battery keeps it asleep.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You might be able to fix this by disabling "modern standby". That was the key on my Dell laptop from work having the same issue and threatening to melt my backpack every night.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'm not sure the corporate lockdown will allow that, but I'll look into it thanks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Huh, I have the opposite issue on my new tablet. If it stays in sleep mode for more than an hour while unplugged, it goes into full shutdown mode and has to be booted up when I need it again. Asus flow z13

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

The default power plan Asus setup is doing this. You change power plan settings.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That sounds like hybrid sleep, or low battery, or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Never heard of that happening unless it was a battery issue

load more comments
view more: next ›