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problemkenner

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Registered: 2009-02-17

Posts: 69

packages/programs that are a must for laptop users

hello guys,

I'd like to know which packages do you use on your laptop and what they are for because I think I'm missing some essential and useful packages that makes a laptop to real mobile pc with all it's features.

Thanks

Last edited by problemkenner (2009-04-09 07:00:06)

treefiddy

Member

Registered: 2009-02-01

Posts: 8

Re: packages/programs that are a must for laptop users

pm-utils : Power management (Suspend, etc)
cpufreq : Managing Cpu clock speed
wifi-radar : What the name implies

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From: NJ, USA

Registered: 2007-08-04

Posts: 620

Re: packages/programs that are a must for laptop users

A tiling window manager.

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evr

Arch Linux f@h Team Member

Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 554

Re: packages/programs that are a must for laptop users

the wiki has some good suggestions for laptop related packages
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Laptop