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Change the <guilabel>Screensaver theme</guilabel> to <guilabel>Blank screen</guilabel>. This will simply display a blank screen as a screensaver.
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Located in
hardware/C/hardware.xml:497(para)
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When your laptop is running on battery, one of the biggest drains on power is the display. Turning the brightness of the display down could improve battery life significantly; many laptops allow you to do this by pressing <keycombo><keycap>Fn</keycap><keycap>F7</keycap></keycombo> several times.
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Located in
hardware/C/hardware.xml:501(para)
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Most laptop computers come with a touchpad, which is used to control the mouse pointer. There are many ways of changing the way that the touchpad behaves; the most basic touchpad settings can be configured in the following way.
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Located in
hardware/C/hardware.xml:506(para)
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Select the <guilabel>Touchpad</guilabel> tab.
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Located in
hardware/C/hardware.xml:509(para)
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Some touchpads may be detected as normal mouse devices, even though they are actually touchpads. In this case, the <guilabel>Touchpad</guilabel> tab will not be available in the mouse preferences.
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Located in
hardware/C/hardware.xml:512(para)
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More advanced touchpad configuration options are available using the <application>gsynaptics</application> utility.
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Located in
hardware/C/hardware.xml:513(para)
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Install the <ulink url="apt:gsynaptics">gsynaptics</ulink> package.
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Located in
hardware/C/hardware.xml:515(para)
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Access the utility from <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Touchpad</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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Located in
hardware/C/hardware.xml:516(para)
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There are a number of different tabs here with various options for adjusting touchpad behavior.
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Located in
hardware/C/hardware.xml:517(para)
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See the <ulink url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad">community support pages</ulink> for more information on touchpads.
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Located in
hardware/C/hardware.xml:520(para)
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