[CS-FSLUG] Re: Laptops and iBooks
Timothy Butler
tbutler at ofb.biz
Sun Jul 31 20:56:08 CDT 2005
On Jul 31, 2005, at 11:43 AM, Dommy E. Hamid wrote:
> I find that in Linux, the power saving method is not as flexible or
> easy as in MS Windows. For example, in my Athlon64 desktop, even
> with cpufreq and cpudyn active, it doesn't go into the low power
> mode (cool'n quiet) even when the cpu load is less than 10%. Also,
> in my laptop, it doesn't automatically dim the screen or spin down
> the HD when I took off the power brick. It may not be much, but
> every little bit of saving help when you are on the road.
Yeah. I found similar problems with my Linux laptop. Unfortunately,
Linux's weakest point in hardware support has been and looks to
continue to be laptop support. *sigh*
-Tim
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