I wonder if anyone could suggest a way of selecting a less power hungry/heat building adjustment via editing one of the many text based config files.
I notice that my laptop fan is running pretty much all of the time whereas previously with Win 7 it hardly ever came on at all, it would only stay on for extended periods when doing something demanding like rendering video or other video transcoding tasks.
I have only used Linux on desktop pc's until very recently, so notice how much more power hungry Linux seems on a laptop (or to be more precise, on my specific Samsung model which has only recently been fully supported by the latest kernel), or maybe it's because I have installed the Raring beta 2, not sure, but I am sure there are settings to be found in config files that can do a lot more than the KDE gui power management tools which only allow for screen dimming, sleep, hibernate modes etc. I just need to be pointed there and advised about how to make some changes if possible.
Any help greatly appreciated
I notice that my laptop fan is running pretty much all of the time whereas previously with Win 7 it hardly ever came on at all, it would only stay on for extended periods when doing something demanding like rendering video or other video transcoding tasks.
I have only used Linux on desktop pc's until very recently, so notice how much more power hungry Linux seems on a laptop (or to be more precise, on my specific Samsung model which has only recently been fully supported by the latest kernel), or maybe it's because I have installed the Raring beta 2, not sure, but I am sure there are settings to be found in config files that can do a lot more than the KDE gui power management tools which only allow for screen dimming, sleep, hibernate modes etc. I just need to be pointed there and advised about how to make some changes if possible.
Any help greatly appreciated
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