Envy 15 on Ubuntu

Monday, December 27th, 2010

I will use this post to compile tips on using HP Envy 15 with Ubuntu…. Because, oh surprise, you always need to “hack” stuff to use Linux on any device…. argh! Suspend/resume http://art.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10247790 Partial touchpad fix http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1388164&highlight=envy+15&page=12 Kernels http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/

Booting into a “powersaving” version of Ubuntu

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

In this article I will explain how to boot into different environments with the same operative system (Ubuntu in this case) from the grub bootloader. I wanted this setup to have an option in the boot menu to load a light and powersaving environment in my laptop, so I can use it on trains or [...]