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Re:The Linux desktop experience is killing Linux on the desktop by nl on Saturday June 11, 2011 @12:12PM (#2644205)
I get atleast 30% less battery life as compared to Win7

oh, oh.. jumps around excitedly. I know this one!

  sudo apt-get install powertop
  sudo powertop
Express mild surprise to find that npviewer.bin is using a huge amount of power

  pkill npviewer.bin
Yay for flash!!
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Re:The Linux desktop experience is killing Linux on the desktop by evilduck on Saturday June 11, 2011 @01:57PM (#2644416)
Can't stress powertop enough. I have a N455 Atom netbook, with 11.01, just now installed it (I knew about it but always forget to install it after reformatting), and using powertop's suggestions, I brought idling down from an average 8.5 watts to 7.9 watts, giving me almost another 30 minutes of battery life.
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Re:The Linux desktop experience is killing Linux on the desktop by sandGorgon on Saturday June 11, 2011 @12:15PM (#2644211)
flashblock on chrome FTFY

P.S. I dont completely trust Phoronix, but I'm beginning to think that the power regression thing is real http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux...

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