On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:26 PM, erikmccaskey64 <erikmccaskey64 at zoho.com> wrote: > > People "usually" suspend their laptop, so that they can continue their work > when they open the laptop. OK! > Two choices [GNOME]: > 1 - Menu -> Shut Down -> Suspend > in this case, the gnome-screensaver locks the PC. but the gnome-screensaver > is just a "normal process", and it could be killed e.g.: > http://securitytube.net/USB-Autorun-attacks-against-Linux-at-Shmoocon-2011-video.aspx > or using any method [video was just an example!!]. > > 2 - Menu -> Log out -> Switch user -> Suspend > in this case, the GDM [???] protects the user [i mean it locks the PC from > other users] > > Which one is more secure/safer? > You should consider asking this in the gnome users's group rather than two (or more?) OS groups that happen to use gnome. There is a third option, hibernation, which you did not mention, but essentially they are all more or less equally secure - they all require login password authentication to resume operation once the computer is "brought back."