Re:ARM64 Linux Workstation
by danieldk on Saturday March 04, 2023 @04:11AM
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I had a ThinkPad T14 AMD and the battery life on Linux was very mediocre, even after tuning with powertop. It was usually 2-4 hours, on Windows more like 8-9 hours.
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Conversely, I'm on a Gen 8 X1, and on Silverblue with tlp replacing power-profiles-daemon, I routinely get 8-9 hours. Anecdata and whatnot, but I'm pretty happy with modern linux + modern hardware. That's not to say I wouldn't love to get my hands on an M1 macbook to see the difference though...
Re:ARM64 Linux Workstation
by yencabulator on Saturday March 04, 2023 @06:05PM
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It's almost as if "Linux" said very little about what software people are running, in what configuration.
Right, and that is the issue. If I buy a Mac and run MacOS I can be sure that I get long battery life. If I get a PC laptop and run Linux, it's a random crapshoot if the random combination of hardware, kernel version, etc. (I also used Silverblue and Fedora) of whether you get a good battery life.
Maybe Asahi Linux will improve things, since they only target a very small number of hardware configurations.