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Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by jcelerier on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:48AM (#17549685)
> If powertop is so good why isnt’t it built into distros?

well, it's usually just an `apt install` or `pacman -S` away. I don't think that distros are optimized for laptop use cases.

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Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by AndrewUnmuted on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @10:20AM (#17549899)
Some distros don't offer a laptop-optimized build explicitly. But many times this is because the optimization is performed as an automated step during the installation process.

That said, some popular distros do offer laptop modes during install. Off the top of my head, I think Ubuntu and Gentoo do.

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