idea: laptop-mode can be configured to switch of the cron daemon when in battery mode .. perhaps cron jobs should be divided in "important" and "maintenance" .. why isn't laptop-mode installed by default on laptops ?
-- on laptops, updatedb should check whether on battery before running https://launchpad.net/bugs/27918 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs