This is a little tour of some software I took today. One of the topics that consistently comes up when people discuss what operating system to run on their laptop is how much battery life to expect, and the answers are all over the map. The focus always seems to be on the kernel and how advanced its scheduler algorithm is, and the minutia of interrupt controllers. We throw around terms like race to sleep. But rarely do I see anyone mention the impact that the software they choose to run spend...| flak.tedunangst.com
As I move around, I roam between wifi networks, but sometimes lose the connection. Then I click a link and watch in vain as it fails to load. So I’d like an easy way to check which, if any, wifi network I’m connected to, such as by putting it in my dwm status bar. I could run ifconfig and parse the output, but that’s excessively wasteful. I need to get the info myself.| flak.tedunangst.com