NVidia laptop cards come with a feature called PowerMizer that dynamically underclocks the GPU when it's not being used much. This is great for battery power but horrible for performance when usingDesktop Effects (compiz). Unfortunately, NVidia does not provide a way to configure PowerMizer on Linux however, it's not difficult to create a script that will give you maximum speed while on AC power
Showing posts with label laptop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label laptop. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Friday, November 13, 2009
[ How to ] solve laptop's ACPI related problems in Ubuntu (9.10)
Posted on 10:17 AM by Unknown
Laptop fan runs constantly under Ubuntu 9.10
Open a terminal
sudo nano /etc/default/grubFind and Edit the following line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
Add acpi_osi=Linux to the end so it looks like this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux"
Exit Nano editor with Ctrl+X. Answer "yes" when asked to save the file
Update grub:
sudo update-grubReboot to make
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Update Dell laptop BIOS with Ubuntu
Posted on 6:17 PM by Unknown
Good news for Dell laptop owners: latest BIOS images can be loaded with Ubuntu, Fedora or CentOS! It was announced at official Direct2Dell blog by Matt Domsch. In a nutshell to get new BIOS installed while you're running Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty, 7.10 Gutsy, or Hardy just enable Universe repository in sources.list (System -> Administration -> Software Sources) and run under root (sudo -s): wget
Monday, December 1, 2008
Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer
Posted on 11:19 PM by Unknown
Laptop, cell phone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next portable power source to arrive.Tiny fuel cells, powered by combustible liquids or gasses, have long been touted as the eventual solution. Potentially, they could power a laptop for days between refills.But fuel cells have perennially remained a year or two
Saturday, November 15, 2008
OLPC's XO Laptop Available for 30 Countries
Posted on 5:24 PM by Unknown
I Just Love its apperance .......good colour combination !!Amazon will be selling the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child ) XO laptop in 30 countries starting on Monday, according to the latest news reports. This would be the first time when the laptop is made available to the general public from areas other than U.S. and Canada. As previously reported, the laptop will also be relaunched on Amazon for
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