Laptop friendly Linux distros
Jason Shein
jason-xgs8i/e9EeWTtA8H5PvdGCwD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Wed Jun 21 14:58:17 UTC 2006
On Wednesday 21 June 2006 10:47, teddy mills wrote:
> I have no problem with running Linux on desktops because there are few
> thermal issues.
> I do have a problem with running Linux on laptops, because I do not know
> what to look for to get the proper thermal support.
> I mean it has to be more than APIC thermal/fan level control?
>
> Most Linux distros I have seen, almost never turns on a laptop cpu fan
> at random times, no matter how hot the laptop is getting
> Can you recommend a distro that I can safely run on a laptop? Thank you
> in advance!
Ubuntu Dapper - 6.06 works flawlessly on my laptop. Power management,
performance profiles, hibernate, suspend to ram all work fine.
Acer TravelMate 4400
AMD Turion ML30 64bit
I have also installed it on many other laptops with the same results.
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