Laptop Power Management

[Stephen]

and found what i was looking for.

http://www.jupiterapplet.org/

thanks to ableconf folks for having some solid documentation of the
events hosted!

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> Found the Speaker finally
>
> Jim Klein
> Director of Information Services
> Saugus Union School District
>
>
> Now to find out the power management tool he used...
>
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:48 AM, James Mcphee <jmcphe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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 <cryptworks at gmail.com> 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
>>> <plug-discussion at stcaz.net> 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!
>>> >>
>>> >
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> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>
> Stephen
>



-- 
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