Re: Gnome 3 and computer shut down

[Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:27:28AM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On 11-06-20 10:20 AM, Olav Vitters wrote:
> > 
> > I don't use standby on my desktop machine. Probably my impression that
> > nobody uses that on a desktop is off.. but I'm sure someone will mention
> > that ;)
> 
> Desktops are probably the biggest, noisiest power pigs out there -- more
> than most laptops I would guess.  Being able to suspend them when not in
> use (sure, it could be done by idle, but they are still wasting power
> while the idle timer counts down) is entirely responsible.  Not being
> able to suspend them because the "knob" is not there to do it is
> environmentally irresponsible.

I don't see the relation between environmentally responsible and using
suspend vs powering off.

If you don't use it for a while: it should automatically use less power
(maybe even go to standby). But I don't see people putting desktops into
standby.

Everything is turned off instead.

But I already mentioned I might be wrong :-)
-- 
Regards,
Olav