Chapter 1. Reduction of Power Consumption

Table of Contents

1. Advanced Power Management (APM/ACPI)
1.1. ACPI
1.2. Older hardware with APM
1.3. Processor frequency scaling
1.4. Useful Resources for Power Management
1.5. Restoring your Work after Shutdown
2. Power Management Unit - PMU (Apple PowerBook)
3. Turn Monitor off, use Keyboard LEDs
4. Screensavers
4.1. Screensaver Programs
4.2. Display Power Control
5. Virtual Servers: Consolidation and Virtualization
6. Energy Star Label
7. Using Spare CPU Cycles
8. Miscellaneous Power Saving Techniques

There are some means to save power when using a computer which are supported by Linux: Advanced Power Management, certain harddisk settings, working without monitor and others.