Re: RFC: Disabling blinking cursor by default

[seth vidal <skvidal fedoraproject org>]

On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 17:43 -0800, Conrad Meyer wrote:

> No, it's a change from the long-time traditional behaviour -- the power 
> consumption due to the cursor blinking *by default* isn't more than it used to 
> be. The default can be changed for those obsessed with power saving.

It's not more than it used to be - it's the same and we can reduce power
use by disabling it. Pretty easy.

Also - I think I'm comfortable saying that the Fedora Project is
interested in power saving.

I'd be happy to ask the board about that as a specific interest and goal
of the fedora project.

-sv