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The Battery Icon On/Off Switch in Ubuntu

When you are using a laptop with Ubuntu, you will probably see a battery icon near the clock, or a power plug icon if you have it plugged in:

You may not want the power plug icon to show up when you have the computer plugged in, or you may have a misconfigured installation where it always shows up. Either way, it's a simple change.

Navigate to System \ Preferences \ Power Management

Here you can set when the battery/power icon will be displayed.

The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. When he's not coming up with great how-to articles, he's probably writing at his personal blog. This article was written on 11/7/06 and tagged with: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Tips & Tweaks

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