[Wylug-discuss] Recommendation: Linux-compatible Netbook Under GBP 250?

[James Holden]

On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 12:11 +0000, Dave Fisher wrote:
> On 25 November 2011 12:04, james riley <jimr1603 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Another point on battery life. Even with some of the more bloated
> > desktop environments, I'm finding better battery life on my netbook on
> > gnu/linux than windows.
> 
> That really does amaze me. In 15+ years of using Linux on laptops,
> I've always found it's power management to be absolute pants ...
> perhaps things are finally improving ...

It surprises me too. I don't use Windows enough to make a fair
comparison, and when when I do, it's not for the same tasks.

News on a kernel patch was doing the rounds this week:

http://news.techworld.com/green-it/3319690/linux-kernel-patch-slashes-power-hunger/

James

> Dave
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