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Re:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Beta 1 Released. by SkyMarshal on Friday March 02, 2012 @01:44AM (#3655641)
>The technology that allows GPUs to go into a very low power consumption state when the GPU is idle (RC6) is now enabled by default for Sandy Bridge systems, which should result in considerable power savings when this stage is activated.

Awesome. Now they just need to get Optimus and Switchable Graphics working.

Also, nice of them to list the changes for the other Ubuntu variants as well, even though they're not officially supported. Didn't realize they did this.

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Re:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Beta 1 Released. by arianb on Friday March 02, 2012 @02:34AM (#3655769)
> Awesome. Now they just need to get Optimus and Switchable Graphics working.

Would that they could. There is some work going on in bumblebee and its branches, but some of the design decisions made in X Server make it nigh-impossible to actually implement.

Wayland might, though.

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