Add the following line to “~/.wine/user.reg”:

[Software\\Wine\\X11 Driver] 1210627404 “ClientSideWithRender”=“N”

Useful e.g. if you are using XFCE instead of GNOME:

https://launchpad.net/pyneighborhood

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/xubuntu

Enable graphics acceleration mode by adding the following line to /etc/X11/xorg.conf in section “Device”:

Option “AccelMethod” “XAA”

sudo apt-get install powertop

Run: sudo powertop

gksudo gconf-editor

See this article.

See http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/11/remove-old-kernels-in-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-ocelot/