On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:17 PM, S. Dale Morrey <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Everyone, > > I need to dual boot a fairly recent HP laptop into some flavor of > linux and I need it to have X (because I like GUIs) > I like Ubuntu but I hate unity and frankly battery life is a real > concern on this laptop. > > Is there a lightweight distro with really good power management out of the > box? > Perhaps a distro designed specifically for laptops? > > Thanks! > I use Xubuntu because I really like the classic XFCE desktop, and the plug-and-play nature of Ubuntu. The battery life on my Lenovo W510 has always been average, which is better than I can say of other distros. P.S. Please let me know if anything is formatted funky in this reply. This is my first post as a short-time PLUG lurker, and I'm hoping to avoid having my mail user-agent mocked. ;) /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
