Why is Gutsy so hungry for power?
David Vincent
dvincent at sleepdeprived.ca
Sun Jan 6 05:27:29 UTC 2008
Marius Gedminas wrote:
>> ). Sad to say Ubuntu generally does poorly in
>> comparison with XP as well as other linux desktops. I
>> have been unable to find out why it is so hungry for
>> power, but the sooner it is sorted, or tools provided
>> to allow the average user to tweak their system to
>> reduce the wattage the better.
>
> You know about powertop, right?
wow. that's an awesome tool. never heard of it before you mentioned it
but i am sure glad you did. thanks marius.
-d
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