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▶Linux Kernel Laptop Battery update shill Anonymous 07/02/18 (Mon) 15:36:35 No.937707>>937713 >>937714 [Watch Thread][Show All Posts]

Is anyone else really impressed with the recent kernel upgrade with respect to laptop battery power. I went from having 2 hours of battery life on my T460 to a conservative 6 or so hours just from the update.

I have been shilling linux for years and pretending that my battery didn't take a significant hit compared to windows.

Does anyone know what the change was that made the machine so much more efficient?

btw I run arch, so I don't know where other distros are updated to this kernel or not.

▶Anonymous 07/02/18 (Mon) 16:02:48 No.937713

>>937707 (OP)

A quick search pointed to this

https://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/18412.html

but I'd be interested to find out more too.

▶Anonymous 07/02/18 (Mon) 16:04:07 No.937714>>937715

>>937707 (OP)

tried git bisect?

▶Anonymous 07/02/18 (Mon) 16:07:47 No.937715

>>937714

sorry, i guess i was unclear. I'm not too good at reading source and was wondering if someone could give like a higer level explanation for what they changed as opposed to having to decipher what the change is.

▶Anonymous 07/02/18 (Mon) 16:31:53 No.937719>>937767

>I don't know powertop/TLP

Linux has been more efficient for a long time now.

▶Anonymous 07/02/18 (Mon) 19:02:57 No.937767

>>937719

Yeah but now it's more efficient right out of the box, as it should be.

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