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