Just so that everyone knows....i got the forementioned idea from this http://thermaltakeusa.com/product/Storage/hdd_station/blacx/blacx.asp
On 29/04/2008, Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 03:36:24PM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: > > but this is what i said....maybe ubuntu can come with something does > exactly > > that...an option when selected switches off everything else..and 1% off > > power goes towards maintaing those torrents!!! > > You can't do that on a normal desktop. You need hardware capable of > scaling back the power usage, or hardware designed for low power. The > power scaling is mostly just used in mobile devices as it uses up chip > area that most people prefer to dedicate to running stuff a bit faster > when they're plugged into the mains. > > Where the hardware supports it Ubuntu usually does take advantage of > low power facilities already, but in current computers there isn't a > great deal of hardware support for cutting back power usage (laptops > are a lot better than desktops but they still burn a lot of power even > in the lowest of their running states[1]). > > What you're after isn't really something that Ubuntu can provide: it > needs different hardware, and Ubuntu is a software distribution. The > software is there now for you to get your hands on a low power > machine and use that to download torrents, Alan has explained one > way of doing it (which is remarkably similar to my own approach, right > down to using an old Dell Optiplex). If you want to substitute a GUI > torrent client for the CLI one that is possible but running a GUI > pushes up the minimum spec for the machine. > > Robert > > ________________________________________________________ > Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ormiret.com > > Some people wonder whether there is intelligent life in other parts of > the universe; I'm not ready to give up on Earth yet. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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