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Ubuntu Hardy and suspend to RAM
The latest version of Ubuntu finally allows me to suspend to RAM so that I can quickly sleep my laptop or shut the lid and have it save power, starting up quickly again. Not only that but it also allows me to do that with the kvm modules still loaded. This means that I can have a number of virtual machines running and not have to worry about shutting them down befor putting my laptop to sleep. ( I might need some more RAM now!)
Posted Mon 14 Apr 2008 21:57:33 UTCSkype is eating my battery
I have just started using Skype on my laptop and so I installed the default version, 1.4.0.118. Then I had a play with the intel powertop tool and it was saying that Sype was waking my processor from it's sleep state 200 times a second which is not good for battery life. A quick search and I find that this is a known problem.
Luckily there are beta 2.0 versions Skype now available and this pretty much cures this. As a bonus it also has video support.
Posted Tue 20 Nov 2007 12:18:14 UTCTappy Tap Tap in the train
The sound of tapping keyboads on the train from Manchester to Sheffield is almost deafening. Some working, some playing, some just because they can.
Tappy Tap Tap...
Posted Thu 19 Jul 2007 08:43:38 UTC
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