Linux uses less power than Windows?

Peter L. Peres plp-ysDPMY98cNQDDBjDh4tngg at public.gmane.org
Mon Nov 15 16:59:13 UTC 2004


On Sun, 14 Nov 2004, James Knott wrote:

> I seem to recall an article, in the Linux Journal, a few years ago, that 
> reported on the difference in battery life, when running Windows vs Linux. 
> As I recall, it was that "busy wait" that was the culprit.

There used to be a utility to d/l for W95 that fixed this. As usual, 
product broken and limited out of the box, you fix as best as you can at 
your own expense.

Peter
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