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I'm glad to hear sleep and hibernate are improving on Linux laptops and I really hope more manufacturers will follow suit with their own initiatives like this.
by ifmw 14y ago
I'm glad to hear sleep and hibernate are improving on Linux laptops and I really hope more manufacturers will follow suit with their own initiatives like this.
However, will any portable laptop get 7 hours of battery life on Linux with wifi on like the 13" Macbook Airs do?
- steevdave 14y agoPortable, yes, I do, although it's now almost two years old and the age shows when compiling. But on the other hand, I whip out my core i7, compile something and the battery is drained after an hour and a half. Disclaimer: the two year old machine is one our company used to make, and my version of development is on the Linux kernel or various packages like the MATE desktop.
- macco 14y agoDepends on the laptop :) But it's possible with low powered laptops.
- klaasvakie 14y agoI'm getting ~8 hours with wifi with Ubuntu 12.04 on an Asus Zenbook UX31E. Everything works out the box with no tweaking, see here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AsusZenbook https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AsusZenbook If I had to buy now though, i'd get the UX31A (Full HD IPS in 13"), but looks like some things there don't work yet: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AsusZenbookPrime https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AsusZenbookPrime
- lucian1900 14y agoI get about 6-7h if I don't do much more than use a browser, on a Thinkpad E325 (AMD). Playing a game it's about 2-3h, but it doesn't seem to ever overheat.