On Wed, 6 May 2009 13:01:59 +
Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 03:45:17PM +0200, Kaixi Luo wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm a new Linux user (currently using Debian 5 testing) and I've noticed
> > that the battery of my laptop used to last much longer with Windows Vista (4
> > hours)
...sorry:
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>
>
>> Less memory may mean more disk activity as you need more swapping and
>> have less memory to cache access to the disk. More disk activity
>> probably increases the power consumption (if the disk can't rest).
>>
>> --
>>
> So can you put SWAP in a ram file ???
>
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 15:01, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 03:45:17PM +0200, Kaixi Luo wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm a new Linux user (currently using Debian 5 testing) and I've noticed
> > that the battery of my laptop used to last much longer with Windows Vista
> (4
> > hours) t
On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 03:45:17PM +0200, Kaixi Luo wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm a new Linux user (currently using Debian 5 testing) and I've noticed
> that the battery of my laptop used to last much longer with Windows Vista (4
> hours) than with Debian (2.5 hours). How's that possible?I mean, Debian
>
Thank you all for the helpful suggestions. I'll take a look at the links
you've provided. :)
Kaixi
Some useful readings on the topic:
How to reduce power consumption - ThinkWiki
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_reduce_power_consumption
HowTo/CpuFrequencyScaling - Debian Wiki
http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/CpuFrequencyScaling
Good power management practices
http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/pow
On Sat, 2 May 2009 15:45:17 +0200
Kaixi Luo wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm a new Linux user (currently using Debian 5 testing) and I've noticed
> that the battery of my laptop used to last much longer with Windows Vista (4
> hours) than with Debian (2.5 hours). How's that possible?I mean, Debian
> uses
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Kaixi Luo wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm a new Linux user (currently using Debian 5 testing) and I've noticed
> that the battery of my laptop used to last much longer with Windows Vista (4
> hours) than with Debian (2.5 hours). How's that possible?I mean, Debian
> uses mu
On Sat, 02 May 2009 15:45:17 +0200, Kaixi Luo wrote:
> the battery of my laptop used to last much longer with Windows Vista (4
> hours) than with Debian (2.5 hours). How's that possible?
I bet that your Debian's power saving is not enabled by default. You've
got to do some preliminary readings
That's really weird...
I suggest you post your laptop's maker/model and whether you installed
any specific packages or just chose "desktop" when installing. Maybe
some program's doing a lot of I/O or something.
Maybe thi'll help you tweak your system:
http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn
HT
Hello,
I'm a new Linux user (currently using Debian 5 testing) and I've noticed
that the battery of my laptop used to last much longer with Windows Vista (4
hours) than with Debian (2.5 hours). How's that possible?I mean, Debian
uses much less RAM (250 MB) than Vista (1 GB).
Also, is there anyth
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