Systemd overrides laptop lid close options in Gnome
If you are using Gnome on a laptop in Debian Jessie (or possibly any other Linux distro using Systemd), you may find that the When laptop lid is closed menu in Gnome Tweak has no effect: closing the laptop lid always suspends the laptop.
This is because the Systemd default overrides the Gnome option. To fix it, edit /etc/systemd/logind.conf
and uncomment HandleLidSwitch and change from suspend to ignore, thus:
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