(That's super convenient. I loooove it!
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
This method was tested on Xubuntu 12.04 and 16.04, but should work on all GNU/Linux distros that offer a shell-command for suspend.
You need to configure your user to be allowed to execute the supend command "pm-suspend" with superuser-rights, but without prompting for a password.
Therefore you need to configure the "sudo" configuration.
IMPORTANT: Never edit /etc/sudoers directly, but use "visudo":
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$ sudo visudo
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me ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/pm-suspend
Now assign a keyboard shortcut for your window manager.
In XFCE this is done in "Settings > Keyboard > Application Shortcuts".
Add the following command:
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sudo pm-suspend
![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
That's it!
You can now send your PC to sleep using a keyboard shortcut.
![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)