Thank you, I hope so. I'll soon try the live CD if I can find one[2]. BTW: I understand what you're meaning using the Windows example, but we all know, despite that, we wouldn't install Windows, because it's not free/open source. Only short minded people (and people who are new to computers I guess) don't mind this important fact. [2] https://www.gnome.org/getting-gnome/ On 03/28/2013 12:58 PM, Olav Vitters wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 09:22:44PM +0100, . wrote: >> So now that GNOME 3.8 has "Classic Mode"[1] I'll see how loud my >> notebook's fan gets, since from the picture it seems that it uses 3D >> acceleration. 3D acceleration was always something which gets my (and my >> friends') notebook fan very loud and decreases battery time. 3D for >> desktop, at least for older notebooks, is unnecessary (I don't know if >> Sandy/Ivy Bridge notebook are louder too when using 3D). > GNOME uses only the most basic features of a GPU. There is no reason > that this would noticeably increase the power usage. I assume you're > using the nouveau drivers. They lack the ability to control the fan, > etc. If you'd use a recent Windows version on the same laptop you'd > notice that with the same hardware and more graphical effects, the power > usage will be better than GNOME 2.x. > _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
