Yes, setting some of the options powertop recommends would be an excellent idea.
As for screen dimming, you can already set that in the preferences (right-click on the battery). It should be set to be more aggressive though. -- Bad battery runtime in Ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195768 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
