Ok thanks so much for everyone who replied so far. I have put together the following list of 35 (oops 38) based on the highly arbitrary and unscientific method of eyeballing the responses and seeing which improvements are mentioned most. So... if I could ask for some further assistance it would be nice to rank this list in order of importance/popularity. Also, if we could put together general info for us noobs on where to get theses apps (for those not in the garage anyways) that would be great. And of course the list is open source so subtractions/additions are welcome 1. Install Simple Brightness App 2. Install cp........ 10. Install kernel-power-settings and use "ideal" (warning: This voids your warranty) ....... 22. Overclock Kernel (Lehtos 900mhz so stable!) ......... Thanks again everyone!