tor, 01 02 2007 kl. 10:07 -0500, skrev Christopher Aillon: > Benny Amorsen wrote: > >>>>>> "RH" == Richard Hughes <hughsient@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > RH> On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 01:21 +0100, Enrico Scholz wrote: > >>> 'suspend-to-disk' and 'suspend-to-ram' are much more descriptives > >>> names and more consistent with rest of system (/sys/power/state). > > > > RH> And how many joe-average Linux users know what the contents of > > RH> /sys/power/state is? Also, my girlfriend has no concept of what > > RH> "ram" is, and why it should be faster than "disk". > > > > RH> She does understand the speed difference between suspend and > > RH> hibernate. > > > > I don't think I'll ever be able to remember which of suspend and > > hibernate means suspend-to-disk. Perhaps its easier for native English > > speakers, or perhaps I need my brain fixed. > > Then use the English dictionary to learn that hibernate is what some > animals, e.g. bears as a long sleep over the winter, thus is considered > a longer sleep. > > > Or, use a mnemonic device of some sort to help. For example, spell them > out: > > Suspend <-- shorter (less letters) > Hibernate <-- longer (more letters) > > Suspend takes the shorter time, and is RAM, and hibernate takes longer > to do, thus suspend to disk. A problem you are overlooking is that the whole suspend, hibernate, sleep thing doesn't translate well at all. I had the (dis)pleasure of translating gnome-power-manager and you end up trying to convey slight technical differences in languages which sometimes don't have direct equivalents.. - David Nielsen -- "Ridicule is the only weapon that can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them.” -Thomas Jefferson
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