[Tfug] battery life, power management and windows vs linux

[Stephen Hooper]

On 3/21/07, Jeremy D Rogers <jdrogers at optics.arizona.edu> wrote:
> On 3/21/07, Paul Lemmons <paul at lemmons.name> wrote:
> > I was reading something the other day and ran across the link below. The
> > current kernel runs "hot" all of the time; even when it is not busy.
> > There is a project to make the kernel "tickless" so that if it is doing
> > nothing it is really doing nothing. This appears to be directly related
> > to improving battery life and helping keep laptops cool enough to
> > actually have on your lap.
> >
> > http://kerneltrap.org/node/7749
>
> Ooooh, now that sounds very likely to be a contributor to my problem.
> I will be sure to try this out and let you all know how the battery
> life changes using this kernel option.
>

I don't know... does Windows provide a "tickless" kernel?  I would say
it is unlikely, so that may not be a contributor at all.  It is still
an interesting option, and may save you battery life.