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leashless on April 10, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Best ultrabook for linux? [April 2013 edition]

Ahahah. Ok, ok, yes, I'm running Unity on off-the-shelf Ubuntu. I bet you're getting much better battery performance than I am!

thelittlelisper on April 12, 2013 [–]

Well, running a lightweight desktop helps. I cannot say how much, though. Try monitoring wakeups using powertop while your machine is iddling. Anything above 30 or 40 is bad.

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