On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Ithamar R. Adema < ithamar.adema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Stephan Assmus wrote: > >> Or it could be done the same ways as ProcessController is launched >> automatically. I find it convenient that it's always there. The Network >> status would be nice to have too. On my notebook, I also install the Power >> status applet, but I can see how that shouldn't be there by default. >> >> > For the Power Status applet, couldn't we check if ACPI was available before > auto-starting it? Should be possible with just a wrapper script, or even > have Power status check itself if it can actually show something useful.... > > I'm enabling Power Status all the time too ;) > > Ithamar. > > PS: 6+ hrs of battery power on my EEE, I'm impressed for an OS without any > explicit power management features ;) > > > > I was under the impression that we added some basic power management. My screen dims now when I unplug the power adapter, this could be my hardware and I just didn't notice before, but I didn't think it did that with R1/A1.