‘hybrid sleep’ does write the hibernate file before going into ‘sleep mode’. if you have an older system or one that doesn’t use ‘modern standby’ and you have an ssd, you might want to double-check that setting in your power scheme advanced settings.
the culprit is actually probably “fast startup” which writes a hibernate file every shutdown. every “normal” ‘shutdown’… close programs, logoff, hibernate, power off. this feature is unnecessary on systems with ssd but it continues to be enabled by default. it was created in the days of old to make hdd systems appear to boot up faster by not actually starting up windows on every power on.
hibernate isn’t enabled by default.
the other writer of hibernate data, hybrid sleep, doesn’t even exist on a newer system that uses ‘modern standby’… but is enabled by default on desktops that do not.
you’re on the right track, i think, but not bazzite–that carries a lot of extra stuff that isn’t necessary here. just ordinary fedora silverblue. clean up the app grid or put dash-to-dock on it and put the few launchers they need down on that. gnome is actually a good desktop for basic users that just need to run one or a few applications. updates are somewhat frequent but should be almost entirely automatic.
i have a few users like your parents on endless os, which is similar to silverblue, just based on an in-house immutable debian instead of silverblue’s fedora base. i rarely ever hear from them, it ‘just works’. i also have it at home, it’s currently my only linux desktop there (i do most my ‘work’ at the office, home is just doom-scrolling and media for the most part these days). updates are less frequent but endless is switching to a gnome os base with the next major version. that will probably increase the frequency of updates a bit compared to their older debian base. that upgrade to v7 should be mostly invisible to the user, they’ve done a good job in the past with upgrades.
many were there first, long before microsoft bought the site. but now? yea. why tf are people still using it.
debian stable misses a lot of the ‘fun’.
like we’re seeing with Android’s “Desktop mode”.
apple is already in on this game, as well.
every day i use windows less than the day before. i still ‘need’ it for some things, including work, but on a personal level it’s almost entirely linux lately… but it’s been a three decade journey.
microsoft ‘lost their way’ years ago in their relentless pursuit of profit.
double-down and do something even more stupid. it’s what they do.
good thing the planet spins around and goes around on its own, because they’d find a way to fuck that up, too.
Book directly with the hotel
my boss always does this now, she learned her lesson ‘the hard way’ about third-party sites years ago.
do not get a vizio. that’s walmart trash now.
can those be “set up properly” without having to use a wm or google account?
am still an Android engineer, but all my TV systems are Apple TV. This should tell you everything.
i run into other cases like that… ‘i work on x but use y instead’.
hell, i work in and on windows shit and “smart” devices, but i run linux and have a flip phone.
very similar to my dietpi running on a low-power sff, except i use the hotspot app in dietpi and leave the guest ssid on the main router for stuff i dont want going through the pihole|adguard home (but don’t want on the main network)
that’s a nice idea, but when they catch-on it probably wouldn’t survive six months before breaking changes are implemented on the backend somewhere.
pi or old pc/laptop, maybe? with remote control or mini wireless kb/mouse (what i use, one with trackpad integrated) or one of these remote control sized ones?
wtf is this shit? rebinned rejects from a five year old discard pile?
$22 billion to get the maga propaganda machine front-and-center on more screens than cable tv ever did, and timing is just right to get it all going in time for 2028.
“autopilot” shouldn’t even be used on a narrow residential street like that.
an image viewer with the feature set and workflow of irfanview on windows.