Laptop friendly Linux distros

Dave Germiquet davegermiquet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Jun 21 21:32:46 UTC 2006


oh to add on that.. AMD processors sometimes report less speed when its
running depending on the load it automatically adjusts on some of my
computers.

On 6/21/06, Dave Germiquet <davegermiquet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> I have a laptop and i remeber there's a kernel option to keep it from
> running FULL Power so your chip won't overheat ...
>
> i think anyway i can't recall
>
>
> On 6/21/06, Martin Duclos <tchitow-PkbjNfxxIARBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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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