Fedora reawakens the hibernation debate [LWN.net]

Fedora reawakens the hibernation debate

Posted Sep 19, 2018 4:20 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Fedora reawakens the hibernation debate by zblaxell
Parent article: Fedora reawakens the hibernation debate

If your battery is down to 5% then your laptop probably won't have enough energy to overheat.

Fedora reawakens the hibernation debate

Posted Sep 19, 2018 12:37 UTC (Wed) by farnz (subscriber, #17727) [Link]

5% of a 50 Wh battery is still 10 kJ of energy that has to go somewhere. That's enough to push a laptop's temperature up by at least 10°C, if not more (depending on what the laptop is made of).

And note that a 50 Wh battery is not large, nor is it likely that a bag squeezed against someone's back is a cool place to begin with.