Cutting power costs with KPowersave
POWER SAVER
Author(s): FRANK WIEDUWILT
KPowersave gives KDE users a single easy interface for configuring power management settings.
Modern hardware comes with any number of power-saving options. KPowersave [1] provides a simple interface for managing these power options in Linux. Useful Helpers KPowersave requires an up-to-date KDE version. You’ll also need a few helper applications. The Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) [2] facilitates access to peripherals. The version on your machine must be 0.5.4 or later. D-Bus, a technology that programs use to communicate on the X Window System [3], should be version 0.33 or newer, and you also need Powersave [4] 0.10.15 or newer.
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