> Even new version of these operating systems still do not offer such a fundamental feature as working hibernate or other form of session saving.<p>Funny, on September 27th I closed the lid on my oversize-no-way-it's-going-to-travel-with-me Dell 9300, which now serves as my media center, running Ubuntu, and I left for a month. I came back, opened it up this morning, and it woke right up and asked for my password.
(1) Linux != Gnome or KDE<p>(2) Options = Freedom<p>And X is loosely coupled (hence no single point of failure). MS Windows is tightly coupled architecture (hence single point of failure) for your computer.