[ubuntu-uk] Where are we with Green?

[Rob Beard]

alan c wrote:

> I wondered if this applied to my vanilla desktop so I opened a 
> terminal and typed
> powernowd
> 
> 
> the response:
> powernowd: PowerNow Daemon v0.97, (c) 2003-2006 John Clemens
> Go away, you are not root. Only root can run me.
> 
> 
> made me smile :-)
> Not only is is green, but it has Attitude!

Yep it's also a real pain in the neck if you want to overclock your CPU 
like I do.  I decided I'd stay green and run at a slower speed for now 
rather than jump through hoops to configure an alternative daemon to 
save power.

Rob