Laptop friendly Linux distros

[Martin Duclos]

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.


I run FC5 on my laptop and it power management works fine for the most part. 
However, there seems to be a problem with CPU frequency. It's always at half 
the speen the CPU should run at even when the laptop is plugged in. Anyone 
has experience with that particular problem?
Martin


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