Category: Linux

  • Tools to Measure and Improve Battery Life on Thinkpads in Linux

    Here are some tools to start measuring and improving battery life in Linux. Measuring Power Performance ibam Working with Power Settings Tool to help set optimal battery settings: http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html With has a decent intro on makeusof. To summarize, install using apt-get: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install tlp tlp-rdw Optionall for ThinkPad: sudo apt-get…