[gobolinux-users] Useful things for laptops

[Carlo Calica]

On 7/12/06, Jonatan Liljedahl <lijon at kymatica.com> wrote:
>
> I think it can be usefull on desktops too. There could be reasons to
> quickly turn off your computer but without having to shutdown all apps
> and activity going on. You could hibernate the computer in the middle of
> a kernel compilation and then continue the next day. Reasons to wanting
> to shutdown the computer could be that you want to listen to a soft
> record and don't want to hear the computer fans, or you look out of the
> window and see that a thunderstorm is coming and you want to plug all
> cables out to not toast your motherboard. =)
>

It is useful on the desktop for saving energy as well.  For similar
reasons freq scaling should be the default as well.

-- 
Carlo J. Calica