[CLUE-Tech] Why Use APM? (Was Re: It was APM!)

[Jed S. Baer]

On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 15:17:27 -0600
Matt Gushee <mgushee at havenrock.com> wrote:

> So why use APM at all?

A question I think about on rare occassions. Reading the help topics
during a kernel xconfig, I find myself wondering what, if anything, I
should turn on. I leave my machine on all the time. There's really no
need, however, to have both HDs going full-tilt-boogie while I'm asleep or
(how I wish) at work. Dunno about throttling back the CPU, or even turning
off fans because there's less heat with a lower load.

Right now, all I'm doing is letting the monitor go blank, using the 'xset
dpms' settings.

I've done zero research on this. Is it worth the time?

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