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From: Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;)
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:20:58
Message-Id: 20070603130515.1f22aec7@pascal.spore.ath.cx
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;) by Florian Philipp
1 On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 19:46:15 +0200
2 Florian Philipp <f.philipp@××××××.de> wrote:
3
4 > Am Sonntag 03 Juni 2007 19:19 schrieb Elias Probst:
5 > > On Sunday 03 June 2007 19:55:22 Florian Philipp wrote:
6 > > > Hi guys!
7 > > >
8 > > > I've just tested the energy consumption of my PC. Aparently Gentoo
9 > > > consumes a quiet a bit more than Windows XP: 213 W compared to
10 > > > 188 W
11 > > >
12 > > > PowerNow is activated and works on both cores (tested). The same
13 > > > hardware is plugged in and works. I'll attach the output of
14 > > > lspci, lsmod and cpuinfo as well as my world-file just in case
15 > > > it's related to some software.
16 > > >
17 > > > Is there anything I've forgotten? Where does my energy go?
18 > >
19 > > Try this:
20 > > http://www.linuxpowertop.org/powertop.php
21 > >
22 > > Regards, Elias P.
23 >
24 > Nice software, will be handy in the future. Thanks again!
25 > However, it seems I'll have to wait until
26 > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.21 is marked stable for AMD64.
27 is it ~amd64? If you want it badly enough, I bet it's worth a try!
28 Hardly anything gets into ~arch unless it's almost ready to go.
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