John E. Perry wrote:
Hans Petter Jansson wrote:
On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 16:37 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Have you asked them when they're going to give
real support for basic linux functionality
Well, Aaron, I recall that hp was one of the lesser good guys, along
with IBM and Novell, resisting the SCO attempt to kill linux. I'm not
anxious to irritate even the bottom-feeders in India who "support" the
systems. I figure that if enough of us let them know (as I did) that
Windows is not enough for us, they'll eventually get the message.
By support, I'm not talking about help-desk droids, I'm
talking about software, or information needed by developers
to create the software (i.e. how to translate the battery
meter into meaningful numbers).
Yeah, I know lots of people want to get in their faces, but I'm a member
of Nature Conservancy, and I admire tremendously their scientific,
non-confrontational, "coax them quietly into cooperation" approach,
which has done more to advance the preservation of our environment than
all the screamers and moaners (Sierra Club, PETA, FoE, etc.) put together.
Agreed.
All the Sierra Club, PETA, etc. do is create hostility,
for creating false-issues, or making mountains out of
molehills, rather than addressing genuine problems
(like the scare-tactic ads of a kid asking his grandfather
what the world was like when there was water...as if
the water is going to LEAVE EARTH .... while on the
other hand arguing that the coastal cities are on
the verge of being submerged. Which is it? Is
water disappearing into space, or is water appearing
from nowhere (sorry, icecap melting is NOT persuasive),
or is it (more likely..something else... the coastlines
in areas near polar regions, such as Iceland are receding).
I guess this is a bit offtopic, but have you tried the GNOME Power
Manager? It creates dynamic battery profiles through statistical
sampling. Seems to work pretty well. Pretty graphs too :)
I didn't know about it. I tried gnome early on, but it simply was
nowhere near KDE's level of function and ease of use, so I haven't paid
a lot of attention to it since then. As I understand it, much of gnome
works under KDE, too, so I could certainly give it a try. Do you know
offhand if it works well under KDE?
What's the name of the GNOME program?
jp
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