Hey guys,
I'm running an Inspiron 700m on Gentoo with extended 8-cell battery. I'm getting about 3 hours and 30 minutes of battery life.
My cpu is running at 600mhz on battery and 1.8ghz with adapter (I forget which governors I'm using..). I turn down the brightness all the way. Usually, I have heavy wireless activity (connected to a server) or am compiling source code, so I guess that's what makes the battery die so fast?
I'm just wondering how your guys laptop's batteries run under Linux and what you do to improve battery life.
I'm running an Inspiron 700m on Gentoo with extended 8-cell battery. I'm getting about 3 hours and 30 minutes of battery life.
My cpu is running at 600mhz on battery and 1.8ghz with adapter (I forget which governors I'm using..). I turn down the brightness all the way. Usually, I have heavy wireless activity (connected to a server) or am compiling source code, so I guess that's what makes the battery die so fast?
I'm just wondering how your guys laptop's batteries run under Linux and what you do to improve battery life.
