On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 10:17:27PM -0500, R0b0t1 wrote > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:38 AM, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > > I'm running a Core2-duo desktop from 2008 with 3 gigs of ram. I want > > to run it into the ground, not throw it away while it's still > > functional. > > Unfortunately this isn't a viable strategy because typically you will, > in a few months, if not a single month, spend more in electricity > costs than you would purchasing a new single board computer.
That might be true if running at full load 24x7. Before going to bed I run a script that... * drops the cpu speed down to min (1.2 GHz) from the 2.4 GHz max using my own custom-written eselect module. * turn the display off programmatically. It uses 2 commands, so it'll work regardless of whether I run it from X or a true text console #!/bin/bash sleep 1 && xset -display :0.0 dpms force off setterm --blank force The "setterm" command complains when run from X, but that's not a problem -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
