Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

[Hendrik Boom <hendrik@pooq.com>]

On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 02:31:33PM +1000, Tim Connors wrote:
> 
> If the only process running is the idle process, doing hlt()
> instructions in a loop, then there are bugger all transistors doing
> anything, so less power gets consumed.
> 
> AFAIK, all modern i386 (AMD, Intel, etc) CPUs at least have a htl()
> instruction.

I run a dual-boot Debian/Windows ME system.  It overheats when running
Windows, but not when running Debian.  Ny tech told me that's because
Windows ME idles in a wait loop, but Linux uses a halt instruction.

-- hendrik