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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Patch: Idea for saving power on laptops
From:       jos poortvliet <jos () mijnkamer ! nl>
Date:       2007-05-18 16:10:06
Message-ID: 200705181810.09703.jos () mijnkamer ! nl
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Op Friday 18 May 2007, schreef Florian Hackenberger:
> Hi!
>
> The following idea just popped into my mind yesterday evening while I
> noticed that my laptop got a bit hot because of some genius script on a
> webpage in firefox:
>
> Why not just SIGSTOP all processes belonging to invisible windows while
> running on battery and SIGCONT them as soon as they become visible again?
> The idea seemed simple enough to give it a spin. I just downloaded the
> kdebase tarball and hacked it up. In order to simplify things I decided to
> stop processes as soon as their window is minimised. Find the result
> attached (just a very ugly hack, really! But you get the idea). It applies
> to kdebase-3.5.6.
>
> What do you think?
>
> It could work quite well if we make it optional for users and consider a
> few special cases. And it certainly saves some power.
>
> Cheers,
> 	Florian

It's a cool idea, but I'd rather see the apps fixed that don't NEED to do 
anything when minimized to really not DO anything.

-- 
Disclaimer:

Alles wat ik doe denk en zeg is gebaseerd op het wereldbeeld wat ik nu heb. 
Ik ben niet verantwoordelijk voor wijzigingen van de wereld, of het beeld wat 
ik daarvan heb, noch voor de daaruit voortvloeiende gedragingen van mezelf. 
Alles wat ik zeg is aardig bedoeld, tenzij expliciet vermeld.

Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

   A: Because it destroys the flow of the conversation
   Q: Why is top-posting bad?

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