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139 questions linked to/from Is there a power saving application similar to Jupiter?
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Power saving with free Radeon (ATI) driver
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 without the proprietary driver for ATI video cards and I like very much the performance.
My only need is activate power saving when I use the laptop with the battery.
Thanks
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Jupiter in Ubuntu 13.10 (Laptop Overheating)
I was wondering if Jupiter (Interface for display, power and device control) will work in Ubuntu 13.10, because my laptop (Toshiba Satellite C855D, AMD A6-4400M with Radeon HD Graphics running Ubuntu ...
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Android 3D acceleration in androVM with primusrun?
I have been trying an Android Virtual Machine called androVM on an Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit laptop with Intel/Nvidia hybrid graphics configuration as the guest OS (details on the graphic cards below). I ...
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Why does Ubuntu have about 2x shorter battery life than OS X on MacBook?
Ubuntu 12.04 has about 2x shorter battery life than OS X on my MacBook Pro 2010. What are the technical reasons for this? Is it because OS X uses some hidden firmware features? Can Linux somehow ...
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Heating issues and Fan sound on Dell Inspiron 3521 running Ubuntu 13.04
I have tried various solutions available online
1) Added pcie_aspm=force to /etc/default/grub
2) Since Jupiter is no longer available in 13.04 , installed tlp
But still fan is making lot of sound (...
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Overheating problem on Ubuntu 13.04
I have recently upgraded Ubuntu to 13.04. Since this time I have overheating problems with CPU and graphic card. I also can't use fglrx drivers, because Ubuntu does not work properly, so I use the ...
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Specific short battery life problem with Sony VAIO laptop
(I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 Bit)
I have some problems with my laptop's (Sony VAIO VPC-F22S1E) battery . It's fullly charging about 3-4 hours (while using) and 2-3 hours (when shutdowned) . And it'...
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Battery life low on notebook using ubuntu 11.10 vs. windows 7
Im using a brand new Dell XPS notebook (bought mar 2012) which has 4.5 hrs battery life using a 6 cell battery-when i use windows 7. The machine uses an Intel core 17 2670qm processor, and a 64 bit ...
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My fan is always on but not in MSWindows (HP elitebook 8460p)
Problem: My laptop(new) fan is ALWAYS on.
Question: What can I do to solve this issue?
Situation:
HP Elitebook 8460p
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (clean install, no mod, nothing... really clean... no dust... ...
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Cannot access PPA
I know there already exits a post on this (Cannot access PPA... please check your internet connection) which doesn't answer my problem.
I was trying to download TLP on Ubuntu-13.04 and I got the ...
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Can I use TLP and CPUFreq at the same time?
I just started using ubuntu 14.04 recently. I read that it's good to have CPUFreq or TLP. I was wondering if it would be okay to have both.
Would it cause any problems with the computer performance if ...
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What are the pros and cons with pm-powersave for saving power?
I don't know how much power my system consuming and My UPS also behaves in a strange way. So I googled and stopped at Ubuntu Power Management. Installed powertop and everything is fine.
As mentioned ...
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Do I need Intel Linux Graphics Installer?
I am using 64 bit ubuntu 13.04 on a system running optimus technology - Nvidia 635M and an intel integrated card.
Recently came across this article for Intel Linux Graphics Installer:
http://...
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Short Battery life for dell xps 15z
I bought dell xps 15z and installed Ubuntu 11.10 on this laptop.
Laptop and ubuntu liked me.
But I have problem with battery life.
In windows it can 4-5 hours, but in ubuntu it is not more 2 hours.
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Is laptop-mode-tools still relevant on 13.04?
Do they make some difference? I read in Ubuntu wiki that actually it has good power configuration management out of box.