You could try a lighter desktop environment such as XFCE or LXDE, depending on how minimalist you want to go. Or instead you could try some tweaks and add-ons. There is a discussion here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2040280
and here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/152453/how-to-reduce-the-fan-noise-and-how-to-increase-battery-life I don't own a laptop, sorry, for not offering more. Report back if you find a good solution because it will help others. Roy Using Kubuntu 12.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 15 November 2012 04:04, Mkdir <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello EveryOne > Recently i purchased Dell 7520 with 3rd gen I5 processor.I had installed > Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my new laptop along with win7 as a dual boot.At most i > will be working in ubuntu .I am getting an averagerage battery > performance in case of ubuntu(even not more than 2hours) but in case of win7 > my battery is giving a backup of more than 3.5 hours.Can any body will give > me an advice regarding the reduction in power consumption in case of > Ubuntu12.04 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or > http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
