How to set the CPU voltage

Hey guys,

here I am, I bet that soon or late you were waiting for this piece of knowledge.... I guess a little late, but here it comes. In the following guide you'll learn how to save energy, lower CPU temperature and improve your battery duration (at least on laptops) without (or at least minimizing) bugs and freezing, by setting the voltages of your CPU. If you don't have phctool installed take a look here:

http://linuxsolver.blogspot.com/2011/02/undervolting-cpu-in-ubuntu.html

System Profiler and Benchmark: Hardinfo

Hey folks,

today I want to suggest you a simple tool for system profiling and benchmark. It is called Hardinfo, hosted at http://hardinfo.berlios.de/HomePage

We will take a look at the installation procedure and examine its features, which can be grouped in two set: the system informations and the machine benchmarks.

As it is quite rare to find a software suite with these features I suggest you to spread the word!

Undervolting CPU in Ubuntu

Hi guys,

as for MakeMKV I want to open another tool to Ubuntu users too: PHC. It stands for Processor Hardware Control and, as it's easy to understand, it allows users to customize some features of CPU control in a linux environment, as undervolting.

Gentoo users should look at this specific guide!


!!UPDATED UBUNTU 11.10 VERSION!!!
!!UPDATED UBUNTU 12.04 VERSION!!!

Bluray on Ubuntu without rip!

Hey guys,

few months ago I wrote down a guide for Gentoo to play Bluray Discs without ripping. As it seems that the topic is hot I want to help Ubuntu and Debian friends too :]. The solution is the same, just the package handling is different, so the how-to will have some changes!