On 2007-11-29 20:48, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Julian H. Stacey wrote on Nov 29 2007:
>>> Performance, Stability, and Reliability. I have also learned
>>> (from my laptop) that FreeBSD is also a Green OS, as it
>>> causes the hardware to use less power than other systems.
>>
>> If anyone ha
Darren Pilgrim wrote:
Jessica Mahoney wrote:
Quick recap:
Windows Vista: 2 minute boot, 90 minutes of battery
What tuning did you do on Vista prior to your measurements? A stock
Vista install never actually goes idle, so it eats the battery life.
With FreeBSD if you run X with an alpha-ble
Jessica Mahoney wrote:
Quick recap:
Windows Vista: 2 minute boot, 90 minutes of battery
What tuning did you do on Vista prior to your measurements? A
stock Vista install never actually goes idle, so it eats the
battery life.
With FreeBSD if you run X with an alpha-blending WM and a
backgr
Subject: Re: [Laptop] Battery Time
> Performance, Stability, and Reliability. I have also learned (from my
> laptop) that FreeBSD is also a Green OS, as it causes the hardware to
> use less power than other systems.
If anyone has right contacts in eg HP/Compaq &/or US EPA (
> Performance, Stability, and Reliability. I have also learned (from my
> laptop) that FreeBSD is also a Green OS, as it causes the hardware to
> use less power than other systems.
If anyone has right contacts in eg HP/Compaq &/or US EPA (Environmental
Protection Agency ?) & other national age
Alaksiej,
I used Kubuntu 7.04 for the linux system. For FreeBSD, I had to use
FreeBSD 7.0, since FreeBSD 6.2-R could not boot (no matter what I did,
it just wouldn't work). As for the laptop's hardware, it came with a
Broadcom BCM4321AG (14e4:4328) Mini-PCIe card, which I removed since it
do
That's what I'm talkin bout :-)
-phil
On Nov 29, 2007, at 3:05 AM, Jessica Mahoney wrote:
Thinking about this for a while, I decided to post it. May not be
much, but it is something.
In July 2007 I acquired a brand new Compaq Presario V6000Z laptop.
It came with the "High Capacity 6-Ce
