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I love my original Framework running Fedora, but in order to compete with MacOS, Windows and Linux need to figure out standby battery usage without hard shutting down after each use. Otherwise, the size of the battery is not pointless, but pretty close.
Don't have a Framework, but I think it's due to the whole 'modern standby' approach where the firmware doesn't implement 'standby' anymore and just let's the OS put everything into as low power state as possible, component by component.
It doesn't work well for Windows either, which is why a Windows laptop I have will 'standby' for maybe 15 minutes before shutting itself down for 'hibernate'. I figure they decided that NVME means resume from hibernate is 'good enough' and modern standby is such a power hog that they can't pull it off.
Problem in Linux is that they view SecureBoot as a promise they cannot keep if they resume from disk, so they block hibernate if SecureBoot is enabled, making it hard to bank on as a reliable recourse.
I recently installed Mint on my laptop and I have this problem, too. Windows 11 sucks, but I could just close the laptop and not worry about it and still have battery for a long time.
Now I assume it'll last with the lid closed maybe a day or two at max, and even then I'm plugging it in the moment I open it back up.
This, so much this. I also run Fedora.
I can't just close the lid and put it in my bag without worrying.
Honestly, most times of I'm not actively working on something, I just shut it off completely before packing it away. It starts plenty fast, and at least I know I'll actually have battery when I need it. Instead of finding it dead or at 10%. So annoying.
Tbh even if they figure it out (and they should, not everyone is me) I probably won't use it often, I like the extra layer of security having to type my LUKS pass to unlock the FDE then my User pass, just in case. Plus as you noted it starts plenty fast already at under 30sec, it's not a 5min boot like windows on my old laptop.
Same, also on Fedora. I deal with it by using hibernate (which is sweet until a kernel update borks it)
I looked into it, but I didn't want to mess with rpmostree anymore than I need to, since I'm on bluefin. I'm really digging the forced stability.
I recently learned that the option to hibernate goes away when Fedora is booted with SecureBoot. It was surprising to me, and might be good to know for you, that's why I'm mentioning it.