Born from the bones of the popular EeeTray applet, Jupiter sees a shift in focus towards better usability and easier configuration whilst retaining the powerful feature set users of EeePC Tray are accustomed to.
Use
Jupiter is launched from the Applications > System Tools menu. Once running it sits in your system tray/notification area displaying a 'lightening bolt' icon. The icon colour changes colour based on the current performance mode. Right clicking on this icon displays various different options.
Note that Jupiter only displays an option in your menu if your system has/supports it. This means that not every features detailed below may be accessible to you.
Power Management
Jupiter has three different "performance modes" all determined by evaluating the CPUFreq capability within the kernel. These are:
- Maximum Performance
- High Performance
- Power Saver
Eeextras
EeePC netbooks (with jupiter-support-eee installed) can also benefit from the following extra features: -
- Super Hybrid Engine
- GMA Overclock
Like most power-saving tools, Jupiter can tell when a power cord is connected or disconnected from a system and adjusts the power scheme accordingly. By default when a power cable is attached the application will switch to Maximum Performance mode, knowing that it doesn't need to 'conserve' power. Even more awesome, if a you change the setting to a different mode while the power cord is connected, Jupiter will "remember" this setting and apply it the next time you plug in - no need to manually 'tell' it to do so!
Hardware
Just like EeeTray and other Netbook config tools, Jupiter provides easy one-click access for disabling/enabling battery-draining hardware devices such as webcams and wifi.
Other features
Other features that Jupiter can provide are: -
- Screen Resolutions
- Screen Orientation
- Video Displays
- Hover information
Download
A Jupiter .deb file can be downloaded from the the project page at SourceForge @ sourceforge.net/projects/jupiter/files/
Thanks to EatMehChicken
