[Gllug] Slow Processor

[Andrew Farnsworth]

Richard Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 09:07:14PM +0100, Jose Luis Martinez wrote:
>   
>> Gosh, that went OTTOMH ..... given I am a Linux neophyte can somebody,
>> *gently*, explain?
>>     
>
> When the processor is idle, it sleeps at a lower clock frequency.
>
> Rich.
>
>   
And this is a good thing.  Saves power and keeps things cool...

<old_man_hat state="on">Remember the days when a 200 Mhz (thats 0.2 Ghz 
to you whipper snappers) CPU was FAST!</old_man_hat state="off">

Andy
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