Ubuntu Laptop Battery Usage more than Windows Vista

[Barry]

On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:28 +0530, "Darshana Jayasinghe"
<darshana.jayasinghe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Did u try saving power by changing CPU frequency? Laptops have a greater
> effect on frequency reducing.
> 
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Jatin Davey <daveyjatin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all
> >
> > I am a new convert from Windows Vista to Ubuntu. While i was using Vista
> > the Avg time that my laptop battery would run was for 1 hour 15 mins.
> > After installing Ubuntu it runs for a maximum of 1 hour with the battery
> > fully charged. I am using Ubuntu 9.10 on a Toshiba A135-S2386. Just
> > curious to know if i need to tweak anything to use the battery
> > optimally. Though i am satisfied with the support and the usage of
> > ubuntu on my laptop just wanted to know if i am missing some thing.
> >
> > Note : The battery usage was observed for over 3 weeks now.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jatin
> >
> > --


This may help if you use a wireless connection. On my old Dell X1,
Windows had a setting to turn off the network card when running on the
battery. That stretched the time I got from a full charge. 


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