MicroMiser - Power Saving Software for Ubuntu Laptops/Desktops/Servers

[heepie]

I was just reading this post in the ubuntugeek.com website about this new application that is supposed to save energy on your pc, laptop, etc.

I was just wondering if anyone has tried and if it's any good. It would definitely sound interesting for making laptop batteries and such last a bit longer...

what you thing?

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/micromiser...psservers.html

[popey]

Yup. I run it on all my machines, have done for quite a while. I'd recommend you don't follow the instructions on ubuntugeek though because they're not correct. He has put some data in there that shouldn't be there (the key). I believe Miserware are trying to contact him to get it fixed.

[mikesir87]

I've been running it for several months now, and it's been saving me about 30% energy usage (on average). Definitely worth a look into.

http://www.tinyurl.com/micromiser

[subsynth]

I've been running it for a while as well on my win7 and Ubuntun laptops.

My Dell Inspiron running Ubuntu 9.10 runs much cooler now.

Both laptops report a 34-37% energy savings.