[plug] Anybody used linux on a sony vaio VGN-TX27GP/B

[Brad Campbell]

Gavin Chester wrote:

>    >I'm installing the _latest_ ubuntu beta on the Vaio as I type
>    >this (just to test the hardware
>    >support really, if I end up with one I'm sure it will end up
>    >with Debian and Windowmaker on it like
>    >all my other machines), so I'll play with it a little and see
>    >how it fairs.. I just can't quite see
>    >it getting 8.5 hrs on the battery, but we'll see I guess.
> 
> Dumb question No. 1:
> running in text-mode without Xwindows - or running a window manager/desktop
> that has low overhead - is good to preserve your sanity on old and low-spec
> machines, but does the same strategy increase laptop battery life?  I doubt
> that the lower CPU effort would have noticeable advantage, but maybe the
> much-reduced number of illuminated pixels might?  Someone satisfy my
> curiosity if the answer has been tested.  Thanks.

Actually, it more comes down to the fact I've been playing with ubuntu and Gnome on this thing and 
Gnome is just slow.. it's a 1.2Ghz processor that runs ~580 mhz when slowed down on battery, and 
Windowmaker is just far more snappy..

Yes, Gnome is lovely, but this is a low spec machine really.. I run WM on my P-IIIM 1G clocked down 
to 750Mhz on battery and I love it..


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