Public bug reported:

GNOME 3.28 has turned Automatic Suspend on by default and set it to 20
minutes:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/commit/2fdb48fa

I generally think this is a good thing. There are a few issues though.

1. The computer will still suspend even if there are remote users logged
in or the computer is being used as a server for files, printers, etc.

2. Some software doesn't set inhibit correctly. ~ahasenack mentioned he
was using the Spotify Snap and the computer suspend after 20 minutes.
(Maybe Spotify needs to use the screen-inhibit-control snap interface.)

3. Even if it does set inhibit, there is a report that the computer will 
suspend as soon as the inhibit is removed if there is no other activity. 
(Imagine a movie playing. At the end of the movie, the computer goes to sleep 
immediately.) More details and proposed fix at
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=705942#c21

4. There is no GUI way to change this setting for the login screen yet.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/issues/22

5. Some users think that desktop computers should be always running
unless told otherwise. Personally, I don't give this argument much
weight at all.

** Affects: ubuntu-settings (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: bionic rls-bb-incoming

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  Revert automatic suspend by default for bionic?

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