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Post #1959359

2026-05-03 18:28 UTC

Not sure how lid detection works on Linux because there are so few laptops that ship with Linux. So I’m not sure if there’s a set rule on that. But, Linux can run on like most, if not all, x86-64 Wintel laptops out there, so there’s gotta be a standard. That said, I use Macs at home and Windows at work. It’s hard wired in my brain that when you get up, you ⌘+CTRL+Q on a Mac or Win+L on a Windows box to lock the machine when you get up. Every single time. I don’t care if it’s a laptop or a desktop. The exception is my MacBook because I know exactly what it’ll do, and it’ll do what I want it to. But sometimes I do the three finger salute. So I imagine if I used Linux, I’d just use its 2/3 finger salute to lock workstation before walking away, because that’s my SOP for walking away from any computer. My main phone is an iPhone, but sometimes I use an old Android phone. My SOP for using it is much the same as the iPhone. So if I were using Linux, I wouldn’t treat it any differently. All that being said, I’d expect the lid action to be in the power options like it is in macOS and Windows. But I guess I’d see if it actually does what it says?

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