Posted Nov 25, 2008 16:32 UTC (Tue) by saffroy (subscriber, #43999)
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powertop would be "too geeky"? I would rather say "not geeky enough", considering that the article mentions disk seeks and mount options, but not laptop mode, for instance.
BTW powertop gives some interesting advice, eg. "enable laptop mode" or "use a kernel with NOHZ".