[CS-FSLUG] Re: Laptops and iBooks

[Timothy Butler]

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