Post #3832824
2026-07-15 12:48 UTC
Something I terribly hate about #Linux is its unwillingness to hibernate with #SecureBoot enabled. I don't want to keep my computer idle for several hours just to preserve the states of the currently running programs.
#Windows' user experience is so much more convenient here: It automatically shuts down to conserve energy when you don't use the computer for a while, and when you boot again, it restores everything in memory from the #swap file, so you can continue without measurable interruption.
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@pixelcode@social.tchncs.de 2026-07-15 13:02
Linus #Torvalds' justification is security: If secure boot is enabled, this must mean that the user does not wish the memory to be filled with data from the disk because it is untrusted. (Correct me if I'm wrong.) However, is it really still part of the boot process when you load the #SwapFile into memory? Also, if you distrust the disk, why would you even load the operating system from it? By Linus' logic, #Linux should only support #SecureBoot in combination with disk encryption. 🤔