I have been using FreeBSD on the desktops/laptops since about 20 years now and I have described all that I configured in the FreeBSD Desktop series.

About 1 year ago I shared a video on YouTube and Vimeo showing how a busy FreeBSD 12.2 handles the suspend/resume cycle on a ThinkPad W520 laptop on a FreeBSD system.

Here it is:

Fast year forward I tried the same on FreeBSD 14.1 system – and it still works properly the same way.

Why not FreeBSD 14.2 as its already available? Because pkg(8) packages are built against ‘oldest’ FreeBSD version in the current tree – which means FreeBSD 14.1 – and that often breaks kernel related packages such as really important drm-kmod or virtualbox-ose-kmod packages.

I will upgrade from 14.1 to 14.2 shortly after 14.1 runs out of support – which would guarantee having working pkg(8) packages on FreeBSD 14.2.

As for the recommended settings – check Suspend and Resume part of the earlier The Power to Serve – FreeBSD Power Management article.

Now for the latest suspend/resume test – here it is:

I leave You with a dilemma on how a Windows or macOS or Linux system running on the laptop/desktop behaves differently then FreeBSD here …

Regards.

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