Chapter 1. Reduction of Power Consumption
- Table of Contents
- 1.1. Advanced Power Management (APM/ACPI)
- 1.1.1. ACPI
- 1.1.2. Older hardware with APM
- 1.1.3. Processor frequency scaling
- 1.1.4. Useful Resources for Power Management
- 1.1.5. Restoring your Work after Shutdown
- 1.2. Power Management Unit - PMU (Apple PowerBook)
- 1.3. Turn Monitor off, use Keyboard LEDs
- 1.4. Screensavers
- 1.4.1. Screensaver Programs
- 1.4.2. Display Power Control
- 1.5. Virtual Servers: Consolidation and Virtualization
- 1.6. Energy Star Label
- 1.7. Using Spare CPU Cycles
- 1.8. Miscellaneous Power Saving Techniques
There are some means to save power when using a computer which are supported by Linux: Advanced Power Management, certain harddisk settings, working without monitor and others.