On laptop computers, the APM support provides access to battery statusinformation and may help you to conserve battery power, depending on yourlaptop and the APM implementation.Rik Faith <faith@acm.org> has transferred maintenance of the Linux apmdpackage over to me, Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@worldvisions.ca> and I'mfinally getting around to making a release with the many updates we'vecollected since the last release back in 1996.Here's what apmd can do:	- apmd(8): logs the battery status to syslog every now and then and	  handles background power management tasks;		- apm(1): a command-line tool to print the current battery status or	  suspend the computer;	- xapm(1x): provides a battery meter for X;		- libapm.a: a library for writing similar APM applications.The new 3.0beta versions add a new feature to apmd:  it can run arbitrarycommands (like 'cardctl suspend') when you suspend or resume your system. It also supports BIOS clocks that are set to UTC time.This release also fixes some small bugs that were in apmd-2.4.  Since it's abeta release, I expect it adds some new bugs as well.  Please help us testit out!The new home of apmd is at:		http://www.worldvisions.ca/~apenwarr/apmd/		Have fun,Avery