[CS-FSLUG] Re: Laptops and iBooks

[Fred A. Miller]

On Sunday 31 July 2005 9:56 pm, Timothy Butler wrote:
> 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*

Correct. SUSE did make some gains with 9.3, but not enough. If only hardware 
makers would be more forthcoming with the info. writers need to produce 
drivers.

Fred

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