Hi Jonathan, Nachricht vom Freitag, 11. Juli 2003, 02:49:14:
> Hi all, > I just wanted to collect some general ideas about how to set up a > laptop for optimal performance and power savings. Here are a few > thoughts and questions, if anyone has any comments or answers please > answer ! > 1) Which Filesystem to use ? > I think the best filesystem for a laptop is ext2. It does not have a > journal, which should mean fewer disk accesses hence less power > consumption. However, it's kind of slow, so I am wondering if reiserfs > with the notail and noatime options would not be better. I disagree here. I would use ext3, because of the journal. A laptop is very rarely used in such stable environment as a desktop, and I would choose a the additional fs-security over few minutes more runtime anytime. But of course I understand your point. > 2) Which Window manager to use ? > I usually use gnome/metacity as desktop environments, however, I find > them both power and resource consuming, any suggestions ? I use Openbox (on my Pentium 75 Notebook with 14MB ram), but any *Box or Windowmaker, even enlightenment should do. Here http://www.windowmaker.org/features-performance.html is a nice comparison between some Windowmanagers. > 3) APM or ACPI ? > I have tried both and can't make a choice, does anyone have any > experience to share ? My Notebook is to old for ACPI *g*. > 4) Which kernel to use ? > I am a bit lost here, I use the gs-sources because of the cpu speed > scaling options, but I do not know if this is the best choice. I use gentoo-sources, but don't ask me why. I couldn't give a solid reason. > 5) Framebuffer or not ? > Is framebuffer power consuming ? I would choose framebuffer over X anytime, because its a lot less CPU/Memory consuming. I was told that Links and Mplayer run in FB without problems. > That's all I can think of, > Thanks in advance, > Jonathan Timo -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
