A little update. I found a key to disable the wireless connection, but still the consumption is high. Midori is a battery hog, even with a connection to localhost for testing local websites. Uhm...

Hi. I noted that when I launch Sourcery to add some packages, the columns are not adjustable, so it's difficult to read them.

Is it possible to use batti for this, as it's already installed? I men, obtaining a value on remaining battery charge and then use a script for shutting down the pc and doing other things?

Ok, for the screen brightness I'll use the function keys for the moment. That would help. What about spinning down the hard drives? How can I do that?

I was also wondering if there is a way to set the behaviour when the battery power is critical (let's say 5%, for example), so that Salix shuts down ...

Ok, I installed powertop, thank you. Now I must understand what's better.

Under "Tunables", almost everything is set to Bad. :shock: cpufreq governor shows as Good, set to "ondemand". Now I also enabled audio codec power management. But then? There are so many options to set... :D Regarding the ...

Thank you Gapan. Now I understand why they are somehow different. Anyway, I confirm: no VLC in the right click menu.

Hello.

I read some articles on the web regarding how improving the laptop battery life using Linux, but still can't get a clue about how to do that. It jus't can't be possible to run Salix for just 1 hour or so and Windoze for more than 2 hours on the same laptop... :o How can I find what consumes ...

Hello. As I read that now SpaceFM is discontinued, I just wanted to ask what are you planning to use next time. I vote for Thunar, and Nitrogen as wallpaper setter.

Antonio

Hi guys.

I installed Salix OpenBox edition 14.1 and discovered a "strange" behaviour.

As Whaaw was not able to correctly play a .mkv video, I installed VLC, which usually has no problem. Now, you can find VLC in the available programs if you open the "start menu" from fbpanel, but you will not ...

Here is mine:
# Working directory for local storage/cache.
WORKINGDIR=/var/slapt-get

# Exclude package names and expressions.
# To exclude pre and beta packages, add this to the exclude:
# [0-9\_\.\-]{1}pre[0-9\-\.\-]{1}
EXCLUDE=^aaa_elflibs,^aaa_base,^devs,^glibc.*,^kernel-.*,^udev,^rootuser ...