Re: is anyone here using the new ubuntu, 11.10?

 >The interactions between power saving, screen locking and X seem to be 
buggy, as does the dealing with an external monitor when using a laptop...

My experiences with power-management under Linux (regardless of distro) 
has been absolutely appalling for years now, especially on mobile devices.

I've tried tweaking it with powertop & laptop_mode (& the like), with 
limited success.

One of my machines is an (oldish) macbook pro, & under OS/X the 
power-management is absolutely seamless & battery lasts me for hours; 
under Linux I only get a fraction of the results with loads of 
idiosyncrasies.
Another of my machines is an HP mini netbook - windows' power-management 
function are fine, but under Linux it's another dismal affair.

Maybe someone know the recipe to a secret sauce I don't

- J

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