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The Grumpy Editor encounters the Hardy Heron
The Grumpy Editor encounters the Hardy Heron
Posted Apr 23, 2008 16:11 UTC (Wed) by shredwheat (subscriber, #4188)Parent article: The Grumpy Editor encounters the Hardy Heron
How does one determine the amount of wattage a laptop system is using? Does this require some external device, or is there a number buried somewhere in a /sys like location?
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Determining power usage
Posted Apr 23, 2008 16:18 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]
I just run PowerTOP. That's a tool which anybody trying to get the most out of their laptop should have...
[Offtopic] Make Money Fast!
Posted Apr 23, 2008 21:43 UTC (Wed) by grantingram (subscriber, #18390) [Link]
I just noticed that our editor now has unique handle and number in his comments:
... 16:18 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1)Has our editor thought about selling these? You could charge money to be know as:
... 17:53 UTC (Wed) by descartes (mathematician, #314159265)Though maybe there is a reason I don't run my own business...
The Grumpy Editor encounters the Hardy Heron
Posted Apr 23, 2008 16:21 UTC (Wed) by BenHutchings (subscriber, #37955) [Link]
On x86 systems ACPI provides an estimate of battery power usage. powertop can show you that.