You know I'm not sure. I didn't know about powertop, but I'll look into it now. On the other hand the way you describe it I think I like the hands off approach of tlp better. I had to add a ppa repo and do a little extra work to get tlp but it was all copy/pasta My instructions came from here... http://linuxg.net/tlp-the-new-jupiter-install-tlp-on-ubuntu-13-04/
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Charles Curley < [email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:01:18 -0600 > "S. Dale Morrey" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Jupiter is no longer being maintained, but I found a replacement > > called TLP. I installed tlp and now my laptop is dead silent except > > when it needs to kick up for extra horsepower like a compile. > > Nice, except that I don't see it in the Debian repos. > > How does TLP compare with powertop? I think powertop makes suggestions, > whereas TLP just does what's needed. Are there other differences? > > -- > > Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards > and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email > http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
