I usually turn down my cpu's frequency to reduce heat. also increases battery life. cpufrequtils makes it easy. On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Stephen wrote: > yeah someone made a tool that did allot of under the hood stuff like > this and allowed you some nice control over it. > > im not used to linux laptops. but firt run battery life went from > about 2.5 hrs to nearly 6. > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Joseph Sinclair > wrote: > > Not sure about alternate tools; but you should read this post on Phoronix > about kernel regressions that cause high power consumption: > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_2638_aspm&num=1 > > > > On 06/30/2011 08:59 PM, Stephen wrote: > >> Yay i finally got a spare drive to do an install of Linux on this thing. > >> > >> at ableconf last a gentleman was talking about power management that > >> he was using in his school district on some netbooks. I cant fro the > >> life of me remember what it was nor can i find my notes that were > >> taken on the matter. > >> > >> Does anyone remember what he was using? or the school district he was > from? > >> > >> Or even some good ideas? right now im starting with a fresh Ubuntu > >> 11.04... and i just remember that it made power times on battery > >> phenomenally better on this power hungry beast. > >> > >> Anyhow thanks in advance! > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com