Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:55:44 +0200,
> Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>>> Hadron wrote:
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>>>> Windows uses less power than Linux on my machine : it's power management
>>>> is vastly superior and Linus himself has said that proper Linux power
>>>> management is a pipe dream.
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>>> Windows uses less power than Linux on your machine because you don't know
>>> what you are doing with Linux.
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>> Wrong, because on both my laptop and my desktop both suspend and
>> hibernate simply do not work.
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>>> Where did Linus Torvalds say that proper Linux power management is a pipe
>>> dream? I can't find a reference.
>>
>> Slight misquoute, but you will find the link here
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>> http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2007053002126NWHWKN
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>> "Linus noted that he had no interest in Suspend to Disk (STD)"
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>> btw, It really doesnt work and 3 seconds with google shows that it
>> doesnt work for a LOT of people.
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> And it works for a lot of people, and doesn't work for a lot of vista
> installs.
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> suspend/hibernate is tough, especially cross platform.
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Given a guesstimate as to whether Linux or Windows will do it
effectively first, I know where I'd put my money.
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