[ubuntu-uk] Power management on the desktop

[Chris Rowson]

> Hi Chris,
>
> Try looking for powertop on Intel's site, and have a look for an
> article about it on developerWorks (an IBM site, I think the base URL
> is http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks).
>
> This is a utility that lets you tune all the power management features
> of newer Intel processors.
>
> Ahh, found a link too. http://www.linuxpowertop.org/
>
> Hwyl,
> Neil.
>
Hi Neil, thanks for replying :-)

I think powertop needs some newer software than ships with Feisty. I
tried installing but got a failed dependency for libc6 2.5-5.

Any ideas ?

Chris