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"Hybrid suspend" means to do a combination of suspend-to-disk and suspend-to-ram, keeping the machine powered on until battery runs low.
Advantages of this technique are:
- The user doesn't have to chose between to choices which are meaningless to him
(suspend or hibernate)
- No risk of loosing data when running out of battery while suspended
Disadvantages are:
- It is slower than just suspend-to-ram