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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  In the Power Menu, "Suspend" should be renamed to "Sleep" because sleep
  falls on a continuum with hibernation/"Hibernate", and "sleep" is a more
  intuitive term for new users (you can verify this by asking ten people
  who have not used Ubuntu what it means to "suspend" a computer, then ask
  another ten people who have not used Ubuntu what it means to "sleep" a
  computer).
  
  ---------
  
  Specifically in Power Management Preferences, both words "sleep" and
  "suspend" are used and mean the same thing. Under Actions is "Put
  computer to sleep when inactive for:" while the drop-down selection
  boxes have "Suspend" as an option.
  
  Also:
  http://live.gnome.org/GnomePowerManager/SleepNames
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-May/017718.html
+ bug 531491, about changing "Suspend" to "Sleep" *and* "Shut Down" to "Switch Off".

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/540826

Title:
  Rename "Suspend" to "Sleep"

Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Triaged
Status in The Session Menu:
  Confirmed
Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “indicator-session” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  In the Power Menu, "Suspend" should be renamed to "Sleep" because
  sleep falls on a continuum with hibernation/"Hibernate", and "sleep"
  is a more intuitive term for new users (you can verify this by asking
  ten people who have not used Ubuntu what it means to "suspend" a
  computer, then ask another ten people who have not used Ubuntu what it
  means to "sleep" a computer).

  ---------

  Specifically in Power Management Preferences, both words "sleep" and
  "suspend" are used and mean the same thing. Under Actions is "Put
  computer to sleep when inactive for:" while the drop-down selection
  boxes have "Suspend" as an option.

  Also:
  http://live.gnome.org/GnomePowerManager/SleepNames
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-May/017718.html
  bug 531491, about changing "Suspend" to "Sleep" *and* "Shut Down" to "Switch Off".

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