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The article is correct

The article is correct

Posted Mar 31, 2012 14:58 UTC (Sat) by pataphysician (guest, #73773)
In reply to: The article is correct by fre
Parent article: Free is too expensive (Economist)

The Radeon driver in KMS mode has power saving turned off by default if your kernel 2.6.35 or less, it can be turned on if you want, then no more hot laptop. If you have the 3.0 kernel or greater it should be turned on by default in KMS mode.


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