[ubuntu-uk] Power management on the desktop

[Chris Rowson]

> > 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 ?
>
> Never tried it. I have an old AMD processor.
>
> Hwyl,
> Neil.

Meh, never mind.

Looks like powertop comes with gutsy
http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/utils/powertop - I might have a bash
building from source to see if it works, but if not I'll just wait for
gutsy.

Chris