tips & tricks for the Non-PhD

[Graham Smith]

Firstly I want to thank every involved in this. I am a techno geek and
also an environmentalist. 

I would like to suggest we provide an easier to follow guide for non
geeks who want to reduce the power their computers are using. My wife
teaches at a non profit school. They use Linux and they would like to do
their part to reduce global warming. However they are completely baffled
by tips like this

"interrupt
acpi is taking 15-20 wakeups.
Setting /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THZN/polling_frequency to 0 instead of 2
solves this."

Sorry to pick on this one item, but most tips are very hard to follow
unless you have a BS in computer science. I had to google search this
one myself, so not much chance of a 2 grade teacher following this. 

It would be great if someone could spend a few cycle and add some text
on how to enact the guidance.



great work


Graham