On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:27:28AM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > On 11-06-20 10:20 AM, Olav Vitters wrote: > > > > I don't use standby on my desktop machine. Probably my impression that > > nobody uses that on a desktop is off.. but I'm sure someone will mention > > that ;) > > Desktops are probably the biggest, noisiest power pigs out there -- more > than most laptops I would guess. Being able to suspend them when not in > use (sure, it could be done by idle, but they are still wasting power > while the idle timer counts down) is entirely responsible. Not being > able to suspend them because the "knob" is not there to do it is > environmentally irresponsible. I don't see the relation between environmentally responsible and using suspend vs powering off. If you don't use it for a while: it should automatically use less power (maybe even go to standby). But I don't see people putting desktops into standby. Everything is turned off instead. But I already mentioned I might be wrong :-) -- Regards, Olav _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
