KPowersave is a power management software designed for KDE desktop environment that offers a user-friendly interface to manage energy-saving settings.
KPowersave is an efficient software application that provides battery monitoring and suspend/standby triggers specifically designed for KDE users. It is based on the powersave package, which enables it to support APM and ACPI.
The 0.6.2 stable release includes several improvements and bug fixes. This release is dependent on powersave version 0.12.18 or higher. It fixes autosuspend and inactivity detection, particularly for broken X libraries. The DCOP function for autosuspend has also been fixed in this version. It can detect and handle cases where DBUS/HAL/powersaved are not running. Furthermore, this release ensures that the config dialog respects DPMS timeout rules. It also checks the applet menu before triggering autosuspend, fixes distribution detection in configure, and changes the default bug reporting links for dists. Additionally, this version adds missing DCOP functions, allows changing of brightness with the mouse wheel over the applet icon, and updates the autosuspend blacklist and translations.
The 0.7.3 development release includes several new features that make it even more user-friendly. It features autodim, brightness key handling, showing the suspend log in case of an error, a warning dialog with countdown before autosuspend, and active desktop session handling via ConsoleKit/PolicyKit. Powersave can handle PM if a session becomes inactive. This release uses KDebug for logging and debugging, which simplifies the task of troubleshooting. It includes many other smaller improvements and bugfixes, including translation updates.
All in all, KPowersave is a dependable software application that improves battery life and enhances user experience for KDE. The 0.6.2 stable release and the 0.7.3 development release have added convenient new features and improvements that make it an even more compelling choice for users. It is especially useful for those who care about conserving battery charge, and want greater control over standby modes.
The 0.6.2 stable release includes several improvements and bug fixes. This release is dependent on powersave version 0.12.18 or higher. It fixes autosuspend and inactivity detection, particularly for broken X libraries. The DCOP function for autosuspend has also been fixed in this version. It can detect and handle cases where DBUS/HAL/powersaved are not running. Furthermore, this release ensures that the config dialog respects DPMS timeout rules. It also checks the applet menu before triggering autosuspend, fixes distribution detection in configure, and changes the default bug reporting links for dists. Additionally, this version adds missing DCOP functions, allows changing of brightness with the mouse wheel over the applet icon, and updates the autosuspend blacklist and translations.
The 0.7.3 development release includes several new features that make it even more user-friendly. It features autodim, brightness key handling, showing the suspend log in case of an error, a warning dialog with countdown before autosuspend, and active desktop session handling via ConsoleKit/PolicyKit. Powersave can handle PM if a session becomes inactive. This release uses KDebug for logging and debugging, which simplifies the task of troubleshooting. It includes many other smaller improvements and bugfixes, including translation updates.
All in all, KPowersave is a dependable software application that improves battery life and enhances user experience for KDE. The 0.6.2 stable release and the 0.7.3 development release have added convenient new features and improvements that make it an even more compelling choice for users. It is especially useful for those who care about conserving battery charge, and want greater control over standby modes.
What's New
Version 0.6.2 / 0.7.3: N/A