Porteus

Could somebody please direct me as to how to update USM to 3.1.6 on porteus 3.0.1? More specifically, how to remove the older version of USM from the install? I saw a txz package for USM 3.1.6 on sourceforge, but do I install it directly on my current installation on top of the existing USM, or shou...

Sorry, I didn't understand you completely. I am not saying that windows controls battery charge thresholds natively per se , but using Lenovo's proprietary "Lenovo Power Management" (which uses a proprietary driver I presume), you can indeed choose an option to "maximize battery lifespan", instead o...

Thanks, your reply indicates that there may be no way to do it using Linux alone. I forgot to mention that when I previously used Ubuntu/Arch, I was dual booting with Windows 8 on the hard drive (and using Lenovo Power Mgmt on Windows). So, maybe Windows toggled a hardware setting in the battery, wh...

Hello, I am a new porteus user on a LenovoZ580 laptop, running it off a usb drive. I have some experience with Linux, having used Ubuntu and Arch earlier. I wanted to know if there is a way to enforce battery charging thresholds in Porteus, such that I can specify a max percentage value beyond which...