Comments by "bill fawcett" (@billfawcett3691) on "Linux Power Management u0026 Monitoring with TLP u0026 Powertop" video.

  1. Hi Dorian./ Thank you for your informative video. I was the 13th person to give it a thumbs up, hope that's not unlucky. As I live 'off grid', power consumption is a vital issue for me, hence I use my Chromebook - a lot! Would it be possible to put the commands for tlp in your comments section immediately below the video and yes I am being lazy B-) Further to this, do you think swapping my lap-top hard drive for an SSD would noticeably change the laptop power consumption? Thanks again.
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  2. Thanks for posting the commands, I will see if tlp ekes out the battery time on my poor old Acer laptop. I would never have guessed that SSD's consume more power than spinning disks, I obviously need to do more research. However the read/write speed improvement (even though connected via an old SATA port) would seem to justify the expense, or at least that is what I will tell my wife! B-)
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  3. Hi Dorian, it turns out that LPM is installed by default on MX17.1. I consulted the/an(?) LPM web site and it seems the config file is the default, so no quick and easy answers there! As I keep off my laptop due to its battery life I only play with LPM when updating the OS. I will keep on tinkering and let you know if I improve anything via LPM.
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