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    asus g51j ubuntu question

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by hunter3160, Dec 16, 2009.

  1. hunter3160

    hunter3160 Notebook Guru

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    would haveing dual boot of win 7 and ubunta help out with battery lasting longer. as in that i can use ubunta for when i'm in school would that give the note book a longer battery life or would it not make a difference compared to jus t running win 7. for school i will most likely be typing or using as a digital book storage.
     
    hunter3160, Dec 16, 2009
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    thalanix Notebook Deity

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    ubuntu (even with aggressively configured cpufreqd and laptop-tools) is not better than win7 in terms of battery life. for me, it was 1h20m-1h30m or so on 8.10 and 10.04 (a1), and 1h40m-2h on windows.
     
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  3. hunter3160

    hunter3160 Notebook Guru

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    Oh k thx for the info lol
     
    hunter3160, Dec 17, 2009
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    phobucket Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there a linux distro that is better for power consumption? Mandriva? OpenSUSE?
     
    phobucket, Dec 17, 2009
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  5. KimoT

    KimoT Are we not men?

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    There may be some slight differences in Linux distros out of the box, but by the time you have customized your power settings, I really don't think the base distro will matter: they are all capable of using the same tools. Unfortunately I have found that the Windows chipset drivers usually run better at power management than Linux, and the G51's battery mode in the Asus utility is pretty good at conserving battery.
     
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    phobucket Notebook Enthusiast

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    thx. looks like i am going to have to dual boot anyway thanks to quickbooks :/
     
    phobucket, Dec 18, 2009
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  7. ren3g7ade

    ren3g7ade Notebook Evangelist

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    Why not install linux and then install Sun Virtualbox to virtualize your windows install inside linux. That way you can run both OS's without the hassle of rebooting.

    Just a thought...
     
    ren3g7ade, Dec 18, 2009
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  8. hunter3160

    hunter3160 Notebook Guru

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    i just wanted a way to save more battery life on the g51j XD
     
    hunter3160, Dec 18, 2009
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