On 13/08/12 16:24, Toby Corkindale wrote:
Hi, When I boot my ThinkPad into Windows, I can set the battery to operate in long-life mode. It then only charges up to 90% capacity, and won't start charging until it has dropped below 80% capacity.
This is claimed to make the battery live longer -- and so far the battery HAS lasted much better than they have in previous laptops.
(Of course, if I'm going to a conference, I can configure the battery to charge up to 100% again easily)
I wondered if there is any way to achieve this behaviour in Linux?
cheers, Toby _______________________________________________
I wish that Linux was easier on batteries. In win 7 both my daughter's batteries lasted around 3 hours. One installed Ubuntu 11.04 and the battery dropped to 70 minutes, the other installed 12.04 and battery lasts about 48 minutes. Roger