I bought a new UPS for my computer tonight, I think it was a pretty good deal from Staples….
only $50. I have been looking for a reasonably priced unit for some time now, but found no really good deals. So, what really amazed with with this one, was the fact that you could download Linux software for it, and it actually works! Pretty cool, it even gave me a little icon that shows it was working. There is a small daemon that runs which communicates with the UPS unit. You can configure the daemon to respond to multiple events, such as power failures or low battery status. I know this is not big deal, as this functionality has existed for Windows-based solutions for many years, I was just really surprised it worked so easily. Just plug it in and run the setup program. Now I’m ready for all of the power hits we get out here in the country!
