On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Terry Houle wrote:

> Probably a dumb question but wondering if the operating time running on
> battery is any longer if I am using Linux vs. Windows. I realize it would
> depend on the applications being run but to assume essentially equal.  Just
> trying to understand if Linux is more efficient as does not demand as many
> resources.
>
It depends on how you approach it.
If you are serious about setting it up you can run longer with Linux easily,
I have for some time on a couple of laptops.

Most of-the-shelf distro's aren't optimized for laptops, so power
consumption will be bad.

Midori, on the other hand, should come leaned down appropriately
by default.

-- 
Daniel Taylor
dante at plethora.net