[mythtv-users] Coming back to Myth : a few questions

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/10/2011 05:58 AM, Simon Waldman wrote:
> I ran MythTV (via Mythbuntu) for a couple of years, ending about 18
> months ago. I've been out of the loop since then (on linux as well as
> MythTV, since I don't use it for other purposes these days), but am
> planning on setting things up again in the new year. I have a few
> questions that I think will be quick and easy answers for experienced
> people, so I hope they don't mind my asking them:
>
> 1. Can you recommend any resource to help me reduce the power
> consumption of the system? Hardware changes aren't really an option
> for budget reasons, but I'm thinking things like fan control,
> throttling the CPU more than usual, aggressively spinning down HDDs,
> etc. Is there a distro that specialises in this?
>

Best way, by far, to save power, is to turn off the system when not in 
use.  You can do this manually or using something like 
mythwelcome/mythshutdown.  See the wiki and list archives for information.

Mike