"Plugged In"----- It's a desktop!

No big deal- but I have noticed since installing SuSe9.1 that there is a little icon near the clock that obviously would seem logical for a laptop-- It tells me that my computer is plugged in. (It's a desktop--- P4-2.54-- with dual-boot, XP & SuSe 9.1- doesn't work unless it is plugged in).

It is no big deal- probably doesn't make any difference- but, I guess I'm a bit surprised.

If I right click on the icon- I get two options: 1- Start YAST2 Power Saving Module and 2- Quit.

I guess my questions would be-- Does it make any difference at all? And, will "Quit" do anything I don't want it to (& will Quitting get rid of the icon permanently?)

I had SuSe 9.0 for awhile- but never got too far; I would like to learn more about Linux-- So, thinking the only way I am going to learn is ask questions as they arise. (One at a time).

Thanks

That's kpowersave. Not needed for a desktop, but I don't think it will hurt anything as long as your active scheme in options is 'performance'. It's a quick way to get to suspend options and to kill your screensaver. .

Quit does get rid of it permanently I believe.
At least it hasnt restarted itself on me (that is including reboots).

If you are running AMD Athlon64 with Cool'n'Quite ON, then you can control it via kpowersafe.

Otherwise just exit it and you can also remove "powersave " from your runlevel all together.