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 <jmc...@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 <cryptwo...@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-discuss...@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! >> >> >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmc...@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- 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 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
