I am facing a strange problem with my laptop, I have ubuntu 12.04 installed with xfce4 as the desktop. Whenever I open any new program like firefox by typing firefox in run dialog window, it opens a terminal in the background.
please refer this screenshot.
Has anybody else faced this problem earlier? I was not able to find a similar kind of issue anywhere else. By the way,im using xfce4.8 as desktop? is this issue with xfce desktop?
Last year I purchased a Dell Inspiron 5315 laptop shipping with Windows 7 preinstalled. I installed Ubuntu 10.10 alongside it with dual-booting. On upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10, I was upset to find I now get less than one hour of battery life! Windows 7 gives me 2.5 hours of running time.
Is there any possible explanation why my battery is running out faster with Ubuntu? Can anybody tell me better power options?