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Battery Powered Linux Mini-HOWTO
David Lechnyr
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Revision History
Revision 2.0 2002-10-08 Revised by: drl
Major updates and conversion to DocBook SGML
Revision 1.0 1997-12-21 Revised by: hm
Initial draft by Hanno Muller
This document describes how to optimize and configure power management on a ready-configured Linux system for use on battery-powered laptops. This will be helpful for everyone who runs Linux on a portable computer system. APM and ACPI methods of power management will be discussed, along with general power saving tips and techniques. There is also some discussion about the different types of batteries available.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Copyright Information
1.2. Disclaimer
1.3. About this document
2. Power Management
2.1. Advanced Power Management (APM)
2.2. Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
2.3. APM vs. ACPI: Which one?
3. Power Management Techniques
3.1. Power saving - The obvious stuff
3.2. Power saving - The semi-obvious stuff
3.3. Power saving - The not-so-obvious stuff
4. Types of Batteries
4.1. Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd)
4.2. Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH)
4.3. Lithium Ion (Li-ion)
4.4. Smart Batteries
4.5. General Battery Care
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Introduction