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I have a device running Ubuntu 10.04 with SSD drive and want to optimize its power consumption. As far as I understood laptop mode documentation, it is intended for conventional disk drives.

Does it make sense to configure laptop mode on Linux laptop with SSD drive in order to save power ?

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  • @pnuts As I wrote above "I have a device running Ubuntu ...", industrial device, so we stick to 10.04 to avoid expensive testing etc.
    – tommyk
    Commented Nov 28, 2012 at 10:36
  • @pnuts It makes sense to optimize power settings if the device is in 97% use cases battery powered. Another reason are our custom drivers, some of them do not work with 12.04.
    – tommyk
    Commented Nov 28, 2012 at 12:05

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I don't think it is quite necessary, since the prices of SSD is still quite high. On linux, it is more power-saving than in other commercial operating system. Futhermore, SSDs can only save up a little power, there will not be a too significant difference with the improvement of power.

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  • Sorry I don't get what is the relation between power saving and SSD price. Can you be more specific ?
    – tommyk
    Commented Nov 28, 2012 at 9:54

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