Power Manager uses inproper terms

[James T Snell]

When I plug my laptop in to its power adapter, the Power Manager says the
computer is on AC power. This is a misnomer at least in my case because the
computer only sees a DC power source. The big box that power laptop power
cords have contains an AC to DC adapter. The same process occurs inside the
power supply of a desktop and thus the actual computer never sees anything
but DC power.

I'd suggest renaming the terms in the Power Manager to read "External Power"
and "Internal Power" - I think this is about as precise as we can be without
actually being incorrect in some occasions.

I appreciate that this is quite a cosmetic request, however I think it could
help remove a misleading concept that could lead to people misunderstanding
what they're doing.

I already submitted this as a bug, but I was told to instead comment on this
here.

Anyway, have fun, keep up the great work & cheers!
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