Monochrome MentalityKevin Deanhttp://www.monochromementality.comComments On Post 41http://www.monochromementality.comJAWS 0.8.42007, Kevin Dean2008-01-17T22:14:59+00:00<![CDATA[ Re: Power from a different angle ]]>Danijel Orsolichttp://www.monochromementality.comhttp://blog/41/362008-01-17T22:14:59+00:002008-01-17T22:14:59+00:00
I believe a geek-green connect you mentioned me making was actually more about Free Software geeks than in general, because Free Software is *usually* known to be more efficient because of peer review and because it is considered more of an art and comes much more out of love than out of pressure by some deadlines that have to be met.
I think a big part of the reason why Vista is so power hungry is that the code is too monolithic, developed too much on the rush and hence probably quite hard to manage. So stuff just ends up piling up on top of each other.. I'm not a programmer, but I imagine if some Free Software programmer were to look at the Vista code (s)he'd probably be appalled at the size of the software spaghetti (s)he'd see in there. :P
Anyway, about power management, I never had a laptop and am also a full desktop user and hence never really felt the need for efficient power management on my skin. However, simply due to environmental concerns I've been a bit sensitive to the topic, which is why I at least usually shut my computer off when I sleep rather than leaving it always on as I used to (cause it's cool to be always on IRC and have a comp always accessible at a touch :P ).
I also appreciate the fact that Intel Core Duo processor I have in there now is also quite power efficient, and I think modern components I have in there are overall a lot better than my last computer in regards to this. I'll be paying attention to this issue in the future buying decisions as well.
About software bloat, I totally agree. I use GNOME, which isn't exactly on the slim side, but if kept in check isn't all that terrible I suppose. But things like Mono and unfortunately FIREFOX - they really burn.. Firefox may be the single worst software hog I've run in my PC for a long time. Leave it on for long enough and all 1.5 GB of my memory is gone and then starts the swapping. I guess I just have to learn to close it more often, but then again it still points to something being quite wrong with FF's memory management..
Anyway.. long comment.. so I stop now. Thanks for a great entry!
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I believe a geek-green connect you mentioned me making was actually more about Free Software geeks than in general, because Free Software is *usually* known to be more efficient because of peer review and because it is considered more of an art and comes much more out of love than out of pressure by some deadlines that have to be met.
I think a big part of the reason why Vista is so power hungry is that the code is too monolithic, developed too much on the rush and hence probably quite hard to manage. So stuff just ends up piling up on top of each other.. I'm not a programmer, but I imagine if some Free Software programmer were to look at the Vista code (s)he'd probably be appalled at the size of the software spaghetti (s)he'd see in there. :P
Anyway, about power management, I never had a laptop and am also a full desktop user and hence never really felt the need for efficient power management on my skin. However, simply due to environmental concerns I've been a bit sensitive to the topic, which is why I at least usually shut my computer off when I sleep rather than leaving it always on as I used to (cause it's cool to be always on IRC and have a comp always accessible at a touch :P ).
I also appreciate the fact that Intel Core Duo processor I have in there now is also quite power efficient, and I think modern components I have in there are overall a lot better than my last computer in regards to this. I'll be paying attention to this issue in the future buying decisions as well.
About software bloat, I totally agree. I use GNOME, which isn't exactly on the slim side, but if kept in check isn't all that terrible I suppose. But things like Mono and unfortunately FIREFOX - they really burn.. Firefox may be the single worst software hog I've run in my PC for a long time. Leave it on for long enough and all 1.5 GB of my memory is gone and then starts the swapping. I guess I just have to learn to close it more often, but then again it still points to something being quite wrong with FF's memory management..
Anyway.. long comment.. so I stop now. Thanks for a great entry!