Hi All, Sorry, this is a little OT. I thought would mention on this list a great little utility I stumbled over whilst surfing the Fedora test/devel lists. Its call powertop and at least on F7 is available via yum as > yum install powertop I couldn't find any mention of it on this list, so thought I would post a heads up - sorry if I missed it ! run it (as root) and yoy get a neat little summary of what apps are waking up your cpu and offers suggestions on how to reduce it. Anyone wanting to save power, particular on laptops, should take a look at this ! The test list thread. http://www.nabble.com/reducing-power-usage-of-Fedora---how-you-can-help!-t4243492.html cheers Chris