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Kernel Comparison: Linux (2.6.22) versus Windows (Vista)

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Idle

*Power Management*	Linux	Windows
idle process	Y	Y

ACPI

*Power (ACPI)*	Linux	Windows
CPU frequency throttling (ACPI)	Y	Y
CPU voltage throttling (ACPI)	Y	Y
peripheral sleep (ACPI)	Y	Y
system sleep - software suspend to RAM (ACPI)	Y	Y
system sleep - software suspend to disk (ACPI)	Y	Y

Performance

*Power (Performance)*	Linux	Windows
Drivers (in general)	N	Y
Power Saving Performance (in general)	N Y (2.6.2x tickless)	Y

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