Battery Powered Linux Mini-HOWTO
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# 1. Introduction

The Linux Battery Powered Mini-HOWTO has undergone some significant enhancements from its last publication in 1997. Specific attention will be paid towards recent advances in the Linux realm with ACPI, specific power saving techniques, and general battery issues.

## 1.1. Copyright Information

This document is the result of the work and contribution of many individuals. As such, it is released under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. A copy of the license is available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.txt

## 1.2. Disclaimer

Power management can be tricky stuff. As such, no liability for the contents of this document can be accepted. Use the concepts, examples and other content at your own risk. This information is provided "as is" without any warranty, condition, or representation of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, any warranty respecting non-infringement, and the implied warranties of conditions of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall anyone connected to this document be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or other damages howsoever caused whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of the information contained in this document.

## 1.3. About this document

This document was lovingly handcrafted with vim on a Dell Latitude C400 running Linux 2.4.20-pre8 with ACPI Patch 20021002, in case anyone asks.

Many thanks to Andrew Grover of the ACPID project whose patience throughout many questions is much appreciated.

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