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<legalnotice>
<para>
Copyright &copy; 1999-2005 by Werner Heuser. This document may be distributed under the terms set forth in the LDP license at <ulink url="http://tldp.org/COPYRIGHT.html">COPYRIGHT</ulink>.
Copyright &copy; 1999-2006 by Werner Heuser. This document may be
distributed under the terms set forth in the LDP license at
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/COPYRIGHT.html">COPYRIGHT</ulink>.
The information in this document is correct to the best of my knowledge, but
there's a always a chance I've made some mistakes, so don't follow
everything too blindly, especially if it seems wrong. Nothing here should
@ -56,11 +58,11 @@ contained herein. All trademarks belong to their owners.
</legalnotice>
<copyright>
<year>1999-2005</year>
<year>1999-2006</year>
<holder>Werner Heuser</holder>
</copyright>
<pubdate>0.12, 2005-07-27</pubdate>
<pubdate>0.13, 2006-02-09</pubdate>
<abstract>
@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ I don't have enough technological knowledge to make a decision between these alt
If I didn't provide an URL for a program or a package, you may get it from
<ulink url="http://www.debian.org">Debian</ulink>
or as a RPM package, from your favorite RPM server, for instance
<ulink url="http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/ByName.html">Rufus</ulink>.
<ulink url="http://rpmfind.net/">rpmfind</ulink>.
</para>
@ -268,7 +270,9 @@ There are some means to save power when using a computer which are supported by
<title>Linux Compatibility Check</title>
<para>
From the Battery-Powered-mini-HOWTO &quot; .. for APM to work on any notebook or energy-conscious desktop, the system BIOS ROM in the machine must support the APM standard. Furthermore, for APM to work with the Linux operating system, the system BIOS ROM must support either the 1.0 or 1.1 version of the APM standard, and it must also support 32-bit protected mode connections. A system that supports APM 1.1 is preferred, as it provides more features that the device driver and supporting utilities can take advantage of.&quot;
From the
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Battery-Powered/index.html">Battery-Powered-mini-HOWTO</ulink>
&quot; .. for APM to work on any notebook or energy-conscious desktop, the system BIOS ROM in the machine must support the APM standard. Furthermore, for APM to work with the Linux operating system, the system BIOS ROM must support either the 1.0 or 1.1 version of the APM standard, and it must also support 32-bit protected mode connections. A system that supports APM 1.1 is preferred, as it provides more features that the device driver and supporting utilities can take advantage of.&quot;
You may get information about the APM version with the <command>dmesg</command> command and in the <filename>/proc/apm</filename> file.
</para>
@ -292,7 +296,13 @@ For <command>kernel</command> support, enable the parameters in the correspondin
<para>
The utilities for <command>userland</command> support may be found at <ulink url="http://www.worldvisions.ca/~apenwarr/apmd/">WorldVisions</ulink>. APMD is a set of programs that control the Advanced Power Management system found in most modern laptop computers. If you run a 2.2.x kernel and want to experiment, Gabor Kuti &lt;seasons at falcon.sch.bme.hu&gt; has made a kernel patch that allows you to <command>hibernate</command> any Linux system to disk, even if your computers APM BIOS doesn't support it directly.
</para>
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<para>
Richard Gooch wrote: I'have had a look at the beta version of <command>apmd</command>, and I still don't like it, because:
</para>
@ -343,7 +353,7 @@ A super daemon is bloat for those who only want one small feature.
</para>
<para>
Though this topic was discussed controversly Richard Gooch has put together a package <command>suspendd</command> at <ulink url="http://www.atnf.csiro.au/&tilde;rgooch/linux/">http://www.atnf.csiro.au/&tilde;rgooch/linux/</ulink> .
Though this topic was discussed controversly Richard Gooch has put together a package <command>suspendd</command> at <ulink url="http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/">http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/</ulink> .
Also, have a look at <command>apmcd</command> (<command>apm</command> based crontab) at
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.binary9.net/pub/linux/">ftp://ftp.binary9.net/pub/linux/</ulink> .
@ -353,6 +363,7 @@ A tool made by Nicolas J. Leon &lt;nicholas at binary9.net&gt;
Note: I didn't check wether this features are merged into one package (<command>apmd</command> eventually) already.
</para>
-->
</sect2>
<sect2>
@ -378,7 +389,7 @@ Sometimes X windows and APM don't work smoothly together, the machine might even
</para>
<para>
On some new machines (for instance HP Omnibook 4150 - 366 MHz model) when accessing <filename>/proc/apm</filename>, you may get a kernel fault <command>general protection fault: f000</command>. Stephen Rothwell &lt;Stephen.Rothwell at canb.auug.org.au&gt; <ulink url="http://www.canb.auug.org.au/&tilde;sfr/">http://www.canb.auug.org.au/&tilde;sfr/</ulink> explaines: "This is your APM BIOS attempting to use a real mode segment while in protected mode, i.e. it is a bug in your BIOS. .. We have seen a few of these recently, except all the others are in the power off code in the BIOS wher we can work around it by returning to real mode before attempting to power off. Here we cannot do this."
On some new machines (for instance HP Omnibook 4150 - 366 MHz model) when accessing <filename>/proc/apm</filename>, you may get a kernel fault <command>general protection fault: f000</command>. Stephen Rothwell &lt;Stephen.Rothwell at canb.auug.org.au&gt; <ulink url="http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/">http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/</ulink> explaines: "This is your APM BIOS attempting to use a real mode segment while in protected mode, i.e. it is a bug in your BIOS. .. We have seen a few of these recently, except all the others are in the power off code in the BIOS wher we can work around it by returning to real mode before attempting to power off. Here we cannot do this."
</para>
</sect2>
@ -388,7 +399,8 @@ On some new machines (for instance HP Omnibook 4150 - 366 MHz model) when access
<para>
The latest standard is ACPI. The ACPI4Linux project has started at the beginning of 1999. The ACPI4Linux project is a kernel driver project aimed at implementing full ACPI support for Linux, including fan control, dock/undock detection and a WindowMaker dockable temperature meter. You may reach it at <ulink url="http://phobos.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de/acpi/">http://phobos.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de/acpi/</ulink> .
The latest standard is ACPI. The
<ulink url="http://acpi.sourceforge.net/wiki">ACPI4Linux</ulink> project is a kernel driver project aimed at implementing full ACPI support for Linux, including fan control, dock/undock detection and a WindowMaker dockable temperature meter.
</para>
<para>
@ -404,14 +416,15 @@ The latest standard is ACPI. The ACPI4Linux project has started at the beginning
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url="http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/ulrich/linux/tips.html">Mobile Update Daemon </ulink> This is a drop-in replacement for the standard <command>update</command> daemon, <command>mobile-update</command> minimizes disk spin ups and reduces disk uptime. It flushes buffers only when other disk activity is present. To ensure a consistent file system call <command>sync</command> manually. Otherwise files may be lost on power failure. <command>mobile-update</command> does not use APM. So it works also on older systems.
<ulink url="http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/ulrich/linux/tips.html">Mobile Update Daemon</ulink> This is a drop-in replacement for the standard <command>update</command> daemon, <command>mobile-update</command> minimizes disk spin ups and reduces disk uptime. It flushes buffers only when other disk activity is present. To ensure a consistent file system call <command>sync</command> manually. Otherwise files may be lost on power failure. <command>mobile-update</command> does not use APM. So it works also on older systems.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url="http://www2.prestel.co.uk/hex/toshiba.html">Toshiba Linux Utilities </ulink> This is a set of Linux utilities for controlling the fan, supervisor passwords, and hot key functions of Toshiba Pentium notebooks. There is a KDE package <command>Klibreta</command>, too.
<ulink url="http://www.buzzard.me.uk/toshiba/index.html">Toshiba Linux Utilities</ulink>:
This is a set of Linux utilities for controlling the fan, supervisor passwords, and hot key functions of Toshiba Pentium notebooks. There is a KDE package <command>Klibreta</command>, too.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -423,7 +436,7 @@ The latest standard is ACPI. The ACPI4Linux project has started at the beginning
"LCDproc is a small piece of software that will enable your Linux box
to display live system information on a 20x4 line backlit LCD display.
AFAIK it connects only to the external Matrix-Orbital 20x4 LCD display
<ulink url="http://www.matrix-orbital.com/">Matrix-Orbital</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.matrixorbital.com/">MatrixOrbital</ulink>,
which is a LCD display connected to a serial port.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -433,7 +446,7 @@ which is a LCD display connected to a serial port.
<para>
<ulink url="http://www.loonie.net/&tilde;eschenk/diald.html">Dial Daemon</ulink> . The Diald daemon provides on demand Internet connectivity using the SLIP or PPP protocols. Diald can automatically dial in to a remote host when needed or bring down dial-up connections that are inactive.
<ulink url="http://www.loonie.net/~eschenk/diald.html">Dial Daemon</ulink> . The Diald daemon provides on demand Internet connectivity using the SLIP or PPP protocols. Diald can automatically dial in to a remote host when needed or bring down dial-up connections that are inactive.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1154,14 +1167,20 @@ Hence Linux doesn't require big hardware, it's very useful if you like or need t
<para>
Linux runs on Intel-compatible processors, including Intel's 386, 486, Pentium, Pentium Pro and Pentium II, and compatible processors by AMD, Cyrix and others.
Linux doesn't support the 286 CPU family yet. But there are some efforts at ELKS
Linux doesn't support the 286 CPU family yet. But there are some efforts from
the <ulink url="http://elks.sourceforge.net/">ELKS</ulink> project.
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<ulink url="http://www.linux.org.uk/ELKS-Home/index.html">http://www.linux.org.uk/ELKS-Home/index.html</ulink>
or
<ulink url="http://www.elks.ecs.soton.ac.uk/">http://www.elks.ecs.soton.ac.uk/</ulink>.
-->
If you like, you may use <ulink url="http://www.cs.vu.nl/&tilde;ast/minix.html">Minix</ulink> one of the predecessors of Linux. Minix supports 8088 to 286 with as little as 640K memory.
If you like, you may use <ulink url="http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html">Minix</ulink> one of the predecessors of Linux. Minix supports 8088 to 286 with as little as 640K memory.
Of course there are also ports to other systems, such as ALPHA, PowerPC, etc. For details about systems which are supported by the Linux Kernel, see the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ.html">Linux FAQ</ulink> .
Of course there are also ports to other systems, such as ALPHA, PowerPC, etc.
For details about systems which are supported by the Linux Kernel, see the
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ/index.html">Linux-FAQ</ulink> .
<!-- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/iwj10/linux-faq/ -->
The ARM is a fast AND low-power alternative. For example, the Corel/Rebel Netwinder is based on the ARM processor see
@ -1173,9 +1192,19 @@ The ARM is a fast AND low-power alternative. For example, the Corel/Rebel Netwin
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Linux Applications for Old Computers</title>
<title>Linux Applications and Distributions for Old Computers</title>
<sect3>
<title>RULE</title>
<para>
Hardware is only as old as the software it runs.
<ulink url="http://www.rule-project.org/">RULE</ulink>
wants to make modern
Free Software useable even on 5 or more years old machines, on which current
Linux distributions won't install or run too slowly.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>ISDN Router</title>
@ -1186,6 +1215,58 @@ The ARM is a fast AND low-power alternative. For example, the Corel/Rebel Netwin
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Linux LiveCD Router</title>
<para>
<ulink url="http://www.wifi.com.ar/english/cdrouter.html">Linux LiveCD Router</ulink>
allows you to share and firewall your broadband
connection and use WiFi. It works with DSL, cable modem, T1, and dial-up
connections and supports inexpensive hardware such as USB and PCMCIA WiFi
and ethernet cards.
Hardware requirements:
One dedicated computer with the following minimum specifications: 486
Processor, 16 MBytes of RAM, 2X CDRom reader, floppy drive, 1 or 2 ethernet
cards. NO hard disk! Optionally a WIFI card.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>DeLi Linux</title>
<para>
<ulink url="http://www.delilinux.de/">DeLi Linux</ulink>
is a Linux distribution for old computers, from 486 to
Pentium MMX 166 or so. It's focused on desktop usage. It includes email
clients, a graphical Web browser, an office package with word processor
and spreadsheet, etc. A full install, including XFree86 and development
tools, needs no more than 300 MB of harddisk space.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Using Gentoo on Old Machines</title>
<para>
"Old computers don't have to run old software. Old software does not have it's
bugs covered and is bad for security.
Most modern distros will be very sluggish when run on those machines; not
because they use new software, but because they expect to be run on new
machines and may automatically install large amounts of software. The thrust
of <ulink url="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_old">Gentoo-on-old-hardware</ulink>
is to obtain a light, minimalist system that runs
what you need it to and no more; unlike many proprietary OSes and the
"heavier" distros such as Fedora, Gentoo starts very light by default."
</para>
</sect3>
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<sect3>
<title>PingOO ISDN Router</title>
@ -1196,6 +1277,8 @@ The ARM is a fast AND low-power alternative. For example, the Corel/Rebel Netwin
</sect3>
-->
<sect3>
<title>FreeS/WAN</title>
@ -1238,16 +1321,19 @@ This chapter is taken from my
<listitem>
<para>
LBX-HOWTO
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LBX.html">LBX-HOWTO</ulink>
LBX (Low Bandwidth X) is an X server extension which performs compression on
the X protocol. It is meant to be used in conjunction with X applications and
an X server which are separated by a slow network connection, to improve
display and response time.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Small-Memory-HOWTO
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Small-Memory/index.html">Small-Memory-HOWTO</ulink>
Describes how to run Linux on a system with a small amount of memory.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1411,11 +1497,15 @@ Compressed Filesystems:
</para>
<para>
- For e2fs filesystems there is a compression version available <command>e2compr</command> , see <ulink url="http://debs.fuller.edu/e2compr/">http://debs.fuller.edu/e2compr/</ulink> .
- For e2fs filesystems there is a compression version available
<command>e2compr</command> , see <ulink url="http://e2compr.sourceforge.net/">e2compr</ulink> .
</para>
<para>
- DMSDOS which enables your machine to access Windows95 compressed drives (drivespace, doublestacker). If you don't need DOS/Windows95 compatibility, i.e. if you want to compress Linux-only data, this is really discouraged by the author of the program. See <ulink url="http://fb9nt-ln.uni-duisburg.de/mitarbeiter/gockel/software/dmsdos/">http://fb9nt-ln.uni-duisburg.de/mitarbeiter/gockel/software/dmsdos/</ulink> .
- <ulink url="http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~pisa/dmsdos/">DMSDOS</ulink> which enables your machine to access Windows95 compressed drives (drivespace, doublestacker). If you don't need DOS/Windows95 compatibility, i.e. if you want to compress Linux-only data, this is really discouraged by the author of the program. See
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</para>
</listitem>
@ -1503,8 +1593,8 @@ Use the tool <command>hdparm</command> to set up better harddisk performance. Th
Small-Memory-mini-HOWTO by Todd Burgess &lt;tburgess at
uoguelph.ca &gt; <ulink
url="http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/&tilde;tburgess">
http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/&tilde;tburgess</ulink>
url="http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/~tburgess">
http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/~tburgess</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1512,7 +1602,7 @@ http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/&tilde;tburgess</ulink>
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url="http://website.lineone.net/~brichardson/linux/4mb_laptops/">4MB Laptop-HOWTO</ulink> by Bruce Richardson.
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/4mb-Laptops.html">4MB Laptop-HOWTO</ulink> by Bruce Richardson.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1554,7 +1644,9 @@ Also you may shutdown every service or <command>daemon</command> which is not ne
And of course use <command>swap space</command>, when possible.
If possible you may use the resources of another machine, for instance with X, VNC or even <command>telnet</command>. For more information on Virtual Network Computing (VNC), see <ulink url="http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc">http://http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/</ulink> .
If possible you may use the resources of another machine, for instance with X,
VNC or even <command>telnet</command>. For more information on Virtual Network
Computing (VNC), see <ulink url="http://www.realvnc.com/">VNC</ulink> .
</para>
</sect4>
@ -1613,7 +1705,7 @@ Low Bandwidth X - Alan Cox in LINUX REDUX February 1998 " .. there
are two that handle <command>normal</command> applications very nicely.
LBX (Low Bandwidth X) is the <command>official</command> application of
the X Consortium (now OpenGroup www.opengroup.org). Dxpc <ulink
url="http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/&tilde;zvonler/dxpc">http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/&tilde;zvonler/dxpc</ulink>
url="http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~zvonler/dxpc">http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~zvonler/dxpc</ulink>
is the alternative most people prefer. These systems act as proxy X11
servers and compress datastreams by well over 50 percent for normal
requests, often reaching a reduction to 25 percent of the original
@ -1669,7 +1761,7 @@ cLIeNUX - client-use-oriented Linux distribution.
<para>
minix - not a Linux but a UNIX useful for very small systems, such as 286 CPU and 640K RAM
<ulink url="http://www.cs.vu.nl/&tilde;ast/minix.html">http://www.cs.vu.nl/&tilde;ast/minix.html</ulink> .
<ulink url="http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html">http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html</ulink> .
There is even X support named mini-x by David I. Bell
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/">ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/</ulink> .
</para>
@ -1814,8 +1906,10 @@ Some remarks about backlights in laptops, monitors (screensavers), harddisks (hd
anyway you may find some interesting links about how to
<ulink url="http://repair4laptop.org/">repair, disassemble, upgrade or mod laptops or notebooks</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://repair4pda.org/">repair broken PDAs and HandHelds</ulink>, as well as
<ulink url="http://repair4mobilephone.org/">repair mobile (cell) phones</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://repai44player.org/">repair mobile audio and video players</ulink>.
<ulink url="http://repair4mobilephone.org/">repair mobile (cell) phones</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://repair4player.org/">repair portable audio and video players</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://repair4mouse.org/">repair and mod a computer mouse</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://repair4printer.org/">repair printers, ink and toner cartridges</ulink>.
</para>
</sect1>
@ -1890,7 +1984,7 @@ UPSs do save hardware, save work, etc. In areas prone to lightening, they could
<para>
Personally I'm not much a player of computer games but probably they can be used for environmental education. In a first investigation I found <command>lincity</command> and <command>Real Life</command>, please check their usefulness by yourself.
Personally I'm not much a player of computer games but maybe they can be used for environmental education. In a first investigation I found <command>lincity</command> and <command>Real Life</command>, please check their usefulness by yourself.
<itemizedlist>
@ -1915,8 +2009,9 @@ SVGALIB versions of the game.
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url="http://www.sunysb.edu/philosophy/RealLife.html">Real Life</ulink>
- "In Conway's Game of Life every cell
<ulink url="http://www.sunysb.edu/philosophy/faculty/gmar/realife.html">Real Life</ulink>
- "In
<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life">Conway's Game of Life</ulink> every cell
is either fully alive (has the value of 1) or completely
dead (has the value 0). In Real Life this restriction to
bivalence is lifted to countenance -real-valued- degrees
@ -2055,7 +2150,7 @@ Ecolab is both the name of a software package and a research project that is loo
<para>
<ulink url="http://www.hip.atr.co.jp/&tilde;ray/tierra/tierra.html">Tierra</ulink> is a tool for studying digital evolution and ecology that runs on Linux and other OSes.
<ulink url="http://www.hip.atr.co.jp/~ray/tierra/tierra.html">Tierra</ulink> is a tool for studying digital evolution and ecology that runs on Linux and other OSes.
</para>
</sect1>
@ -2072,8 +2167,8 @@ Linux is also an ideal platform for researching ecological and environmental inf
Linux may even be used to model complex biological and environmental processes. A (
<ulink url="http://www.beowulf.org">beowulf cluster</ulink>
could be used to run complex simulations of environmental processes, for example
<ulink url="http://www.methaz.com/earthdome.htm">Earthdome</ulink> and a survey at
<ulink url="http://platon.ee.duth.gr/~soeist7t/Visualizations/">A COLLECTION OF LINKS OF VISUALIZATION &amp; SIMULATION OF SELF-ORGANIZED SYSTEMS</ulink>.
<ulink url="http://www.methaz.com/earthdome.htm">Earthdome</ulink> (dead link) and a survey at
<ulink url="http://platon.ee.duth.gr/~soeist7t/Visualizations/">A COLLECTION OF LINKS OF VISUALIZATION &amp; SIMULATION OF SELF-ORGANIZED SYSTEMS</ulink> (dead link).
</para>
</sect1>
@ -2098,7 +2193,8 @@ Swarm is intended to be a useful tool for researchers in a variety of discipline
<para>
<ulink url="http://www.climate-dynamics.rl.ac.uk">Climate-Dynamics</ulink> is project to share computer client resources to analyze the climate.
<ulink url="http://www.climate-dynamics.rl.ac.uk">Climate-Dynamics</ulink> is
project to share computer client resources to analyze the climate (dead link).
</para>
</sect1>
@ -2555,6 +2651,14 @@ minor changes.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
0.13, 9 February 2006,
All URLs have been checked
and some minor changes were made.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@ -2606,16 +2710,19 @@ minor changes.
<para>
Has to be written. See
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Battery-Powered.html">Battery-HOWTO</ulink>
by Hanno Mueller, too.
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Battery-Powered/index.html">Battery-Powered-mini-HOWTO</ulink>
, too.
</para>
<!--
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<para>
<command> apmd-rhcn-2.4phil-1</command> by RedHat
<command>apmd-rhcn-2.4phil-1</command> by RedHat
<ulink url="ftp://rhcn.redhat.com/pub/rhcn/">ftp://rhcn.redhat.com/pub/rhcn/</ulink>
contains an unofficial patch for shutting down the PCMCIA
sockets before a suspend and patches for multiple batteries.
</para>
-->
</sect1>
@ -2673,8 +2780,7 @@ because it may consume up to 10
percent of the battery time.
If necessary, you may also try to
disable the <command>Fast
RRs</command> feature in the IrDA
disable the <command>Fast RRs</command> feature in the IrDA
section of the kernel. This option
will give you much better latencies
but will consume more power.
@ -2725,7 +2831,7 @@ For information about APM look at the APM chapter above.
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url="http://www-leland.stanford.edu/&tilde;bbense/toys/">A hacked rclock</ulink>.
<ulink url="http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~bbense/toys/">A hacked rclock</ulink>.
Booker C. Bense has hacked the
<command>rclock</command> program to include a simple battery power
meter on the clock face.
@ -2735,7 +2841,7 @@ For information about APM look at the APM chapter above.
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url="http://www.jaist.ac.jp/&tilde;daisuke/Linux/xbatstat.html">xbatstat</ulink>. A battery level status checker for Linux and X.
<ulink url="http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~daisuke/Linux/xbatstat.html">xbatstat</ulink>. A battery level status checker for Linux and X.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Please see
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Battery-Powered.html">Battery-HOWTO</ulink>
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Battery-Powered/index.html">Battery-Powered-mini-HOWTO</ulink>
for more information.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2795,7 +2901,10 @@ For information about APM look at the APM chapter above.
<para>
In the German computer magazine
<ulink url="http://www.heise.de/ct/">CT</ulink>
issue 9/1999 p. 200 and 10/1999 p. 260 I found an article about turning an old PC (from 286 upward) into a MP3 player, by using a MP3-Hardware-Decoder at the parallel port. <ulink url="http://www.ieee.rwth-aachen.de/mp3/">Authors Homepag</ulink> .
issue 9/1999 p. 200 and 10/1999 p. 260 I found an article about turning an old
PC (from 286 upward) into a MP3 player, by using a MP3-Hardware-Decoder at the
parallel port.
<ulink url="http://www.mp3pump.de/english/index.html">Authors Homepage</ulink> .
</para>
<para>
@ -2807,7 +2916,9 @@ Though both programs are DOS based, I mention them here. I hadn't time to look f
</para>
<para>
<ulink url="http://www.cajun.nu/">Cajun</ulink> is a program that allows you to turn any computer (&gt;75mhz) into a massive audio jukebox for your car or home. It uses the matrix-orbital serial display and supports the IRman infra-red remote control interface. Soundcard output is delivered to your (car or home) stereo for amplification. The software supports a hotlist and shuffle mode. It includes FM/Video4Linux support, icecast/shoutcast support, CrystalFontz serial display support, and choice of mpg123 or xaudio for driving the sound card.
<ulink url="http://www.cajun.nu/">Cajun</ulink> is a program that allows you to turn any computer (&gt;75mhz) into a massive audio jukebox for your car or home. It uses the
<ulink url="http://www.matrixorbital.com/">MatrixOrbital</ulink>
serial display and supports the IRman infra-red remote control interface. Soundcard output is delivered to your (car or home) stereo for amplification. The software supports a hotlist and shuffle mode. It includes FM/Video4Linux support, icecast/shoutcast support, CrystalFontz serial display support, and choice of mpg123 or xaudio for driving the sound card.
</para>
</appendix>
@ -2987,17 +3098,24 @@ There is even a free DOS around, see
</sect1>
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<sect1 id="ecology-howto-appendix-g-2">
<title>Microsoft-Windows</title>
<para>
A power saving utility
A power saving utility
<ulink url="http://www.bugcomputer.com/cpuidle/index.html">CPUIDLE</ulink>
is available. Another one for older versions of MS-WindowsNT is available at
<ulink url="http://members.aol.com/niteskate/ntpwr.zip">NiteSkate</ulink>.
</para>
1 new URL: http://www.bugcomputer.com/
but nothing useful there
2 broken URL
</sect1>
-->
</appendix>
@ -3011,7 +3129,7 @@ is available. Another one for older versions of MS-WindowsNT is available at
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url="http://www.remedia.de/mitte.htm">REMEDIA</ulink> - Germany - recycling of data storage media (CD, floppy, tape)
<ulink url="http://www.remedia.de/">REMEDIA</ulink> - Germany - recycling of data storage media (CD, floppy, tape)
</para>
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Ecology-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Ecology HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2005</CiteTitle>.
<CiteTitle>Updated: Feb 2006</CiteTitle>.
Discusses ways Linux computers can be used as a means to protect our
environment, by using its features to save power or paper. </Para>
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Ecology-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Ecology HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2005</CiteTitle>.
<CiteTitle>Updated: Feb 2006</CiteTitle>.
Discusses ways Linux computers can be used as a means to protect our
environment, by using its features to save power or paper. </Para>
</ListItem>