<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Nio Wiklund <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nio.wiklund@gmail.com" target="_blank">nio.wiklund@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi amjjawad,<br> <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Hello :)</div><div style><br></div><div style> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> Can you see any difference between different versions: 12.04, 12.10,<br> 13.04? </blockquote><div><br></div><div style>No difference at all as far as I can tell. ALL are giving me the same: overheating, less battery life, etc. That applies for Lubuntu and Ubuntu.</div><div style>I am posting this from Lubuntu 12.04 amd64 and the temp now is 65c with Chromium and Firefox opened.</div> <div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">I have a newer i5 cpu, and I see very little difference between<br> Lubuntu and Ubuntu speed, like you do. However, I do no not notice any<br> bad performance or overheating. </blockquote><div><br></div><div style>HP, as far as I have heard, is not as good as it used to be.</div><div style>I have an HP from 1999 - P2 with 64MB RAM and 4GB HDD and it works with Lubutnu 11.10 but yes, very slow. </div> <div style><br></div><div style>Nowadays HP seem bad or it could be the model I'm using is bad? I don't know :(</div><div> </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> Maybe the cooperation between the<br> graphics driver and chip(s) is the main problem for you.<br> <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>~$ sudo lshw -C display</div><div> *-display <br></div><div> description: VGA compatible controller</div><div> product: Madison [Radeon HD 5000M Series]</div> <div> vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)</div><div> physical id: 0</div><div> bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0</div><div> version: 00</div><div> width: 64 bits</div><div> clock: 33MHz</div> <div> capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom</div><div> configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0</div><div> resources: irq:16 memory:a0000000-afffffff memory:c4400000-c441ffff ioport:4000(size=256) memory:c4440000-c445ffff</div> <div> *-display</div><div> description: VGA compatible controller</div><div> product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller</div><div> vendor: Intel Corporation</div><div> physical id: 2</div> <div> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0</div><div> version: 02</div><div> width: 64 bits</div><div> clock: 33MHz</div><div> capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom</div><div> configuration: driver=i915 latency=0</div> <div> resources: irq:44 memory:c0000000-c03fffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff ioport:5050(size=8)</div></div><div><br></div><div style> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> Which processes are the main users of CPU in Lubuntu and Windows?<br> <br> Best regards<br> Nio<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>I don't know about Windows 7 which I have no such problems with.</div><div style>With Lubuntu 12.04 amd64 where I'm writing this right now, CPU is always LOW. Never on 100%. The heat has nothing to do with the CPU as far as I can tell. I always check the CPU from time to time and I don't see any high CPU usage on this machine. However, it is so hot.</div> <div style><br></div><div style>Yes, I did clean it many times, same.</div><div><br></div><div style>Thank you :)</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div><div class="h5"><br> On 2013-05-31 14:27, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:<br> > Hi everyone,<br> ><br> > I have HP Pavilion DV6 Laptop - Intel Core i5 (1st generation) with 4GB<br> > RAM and 500GB HDD and ATI Radeon Graphics + Intel Built-in Graphics (on<br> > Windows 7, I can choose between those two).<br> ><br> > I bought it few years ago with Windows 7 and can't remember when, I<br> > installed Linux on it.<br> ><br> > Long story short and I'm still shocked while writing this and surprised<br> > but that is the truth:<br> > This machine works 'better' in Windows 7 than Linux on these area:<br> > a- More Battery Life in Windows 7 (almost 2 hours while only 1 with Linux).<br> ><br> > b- Less Heat and Fan Noise in Windows 7 (with Linux, heat sometimes go<br> > above 70c and while doing nothing, it is 60c - 65c).<br> ><br> > c- Brightness (can't adjust it with Linux like I do with Windows 7)<br> ><br> > And to my surprise, my old test machine starts up and shuts down even<br> > faster O_o<br> > Check my signature to find out the Hardware Details of my Test Machine.<br> ><br> > Regardless what version I use, both Ubuntu and Lubuntu, all the same<br> > performance.<br> ><br> > I hate to say this but Linux on this machine is a real pain.<br> ><br> > Am I the only one with this issue?<br> ><br> > Thanks!<br> ><br> > P.S.<br> > Despite the many threads about this machine, non solved so far and that<br> > is why I'm still looking for a solution.<br> ><br> > --<br> </div></div>> *Best Regards,*<br> > *amjjawad <<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/</a>>*<br> > *Start Ubuntu<br> > <<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu</a>>*<br> ><br> > /Test Machine: ASUS F3F Laptop - //Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz with<br> > 489MB RAM/<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> <br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">Best Regards,</span></b><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/" target="_blank">amjjawad</a></span></b><br> </span></div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><b><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)">Start Ubuntu</span></a></b><br> </span><div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">Test Machine: ASUS F3F Laptop - </span></i><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><i>Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz with 489MB RAM</i><br> </span></span></div><div><br></div></div> </div></div>