[desktop-discuss] [gpm] GNOME Power Manager Needs Power Scheme Option?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, James Cornell wrote:
>>
> Agreed, profiles aren't the best way.  For now it's the easiest to
> implement, but for the long-term I really like your idea about hooking
> certain power-hungry programs to adjust the frequency, etc.

This sounds like a move toward's the Microsoft model where the 
application or OS is in charge rather than the user.  Do you really 
want to move in the Microsoft direction?

In my opinion the user should always be in charge.

Quite often (and particular in Unix environments) software is left 
running which is not necessarily currently being used.  If I leave 
StarOffice running (as I often do) and it happens to be in some 
presentation-oriented mode I would not want that to defeat power 
saving modes unless I told the system to do so.

Bob
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