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Kernel Bug Means Linux Power Usage Remains High 179

Posted by timothy on Friday October 07, 2011 @07:46PM from the wrong-kind-of-power-user dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The significant Linux kernel power regression reported back in April, which ended up being attributed to PCI-E Active State Power Management, is still not resolved even as Ubuntu 11.10 and Fedora 16 approach. Until Linux is able to handle ASPM in a manner more like Windows or the device drivers explicitly set the ASPM flag, users of many modern laptops need to use the "pcie_aspm=force" option to regain much of their battery life. At least a power bug affecting newer Intel hardware with the "energy performance bias" feature has been fixed. There's more information in this LaunchPad bug report and in the latest power consumption testing."

Comment Someone remind Google (Score 1) 146

by Sparky69 on Thursday June 23, 2011 @10:54AM (#36541514) Attached to: Remembering Alan Turing On His 99th Birthday

Of all the days that Google should have a custom search page today would be it. They've had it for people a lot more obscure than Turing who is ultimately responsible for any of them having jobs. Just sayin!

Comment X men 2 rocked! (Matrix 1 sucked) (Score 1) 1093

by Sparky69 on Friday December 19, 2003 @12:24AM (#7760702) Attached to: The Best and Worst Movies of 2003?

X men 2 was absolutely perfect. Sure the hardcore comic book readers had some gripes about imperfections in the stories (like where Jason 143 came from) but here is a movie that had the budget to "Lucas" but decided instead to put those FX dollars to good use. The CG was flawless and not overbearing.

On the other hand, the Matrix 2 and 3 were absolute garbage. I couldn't stand watching either one and the last one was almost a personal insult it was so bad.

What about Kill Bill? That was also an awesome movie (moving away from Sci-Fi..sorta)...

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