We will not be seeing the completed version of Ubuntu’s next release for a number of months, however the folks at Canonical are hard at work making Precise Pangolin one of the best it may be. Version 12.04 is an LTS release , meaning only refinements are in store for the OS, but apparently some of the areas targeted for improvement is power consumption.
In a post on his blog, Ubuntu kernel engineer Colin King explained that the plan is to present power savings in numerous ways, including PCI Express Active State Power Management (ASPM). Furthermore, testing of Aggressive Link Power Management (ALPM) that puts the SATA link for your disk drive right into a low power mode in periods of inactivity is within the works, as is placing USB and PCI controllers of peripherals and wireless connections into lower power states. The parents at Canonical are putting Precise Penguin through it’s power-saving paces, but also are calling upon members of the Ubuntu community to assist out with the QA to work out which methods will work best. So, if you are into doing a terrific deed for the following Ubuntu distro, head on right down to the source to be told easy methods to be in agreement.
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