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TLP 0.5 Released, Install It In Ubuntu [Tool That Helps Save Battery Power]

| Date: March 25, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: battery, laptops, linux, power, tlp, ubuntu

Ubuntu laptop

TLP, a tool that applies various settings and tweaks that help your laptop save battery power, was updated to version 0.5 which includes better support for some ThinkPad models as well as some new features and bug fixes.

More Work To Support Nvidia Optimus Lands In Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr

| Date: December 10, 2013 | View Comments | Tags: graphics drivers, laptops, nvidia, nvidia-prime, optimus, Trusty Tahr, ubuntu

More work to properly support Nvidia Optimus landed in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr.

Fix Dell XPS 13 Backlight Brightness Not Adjustable And Trackpad Not Working Properly In Ubuntu 12.04 Or 12.10

| Date: August 12, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: fix, kernel, laptops, linux, ubuntu

dell XPS Ubuntu

Sputnik Kernel PPA is an official Canonical Hardware Enablement Team PPA that provides an updated Linux Kernel which fixes some Dell XPS 13 laptop issues on Ubuntu:
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