Broadcom to Cut Almost 1,300 VMware Jobs in California After Takeover

Re:Broadcom to Cut Almost 1,300 VMware Jobs in California Af... by usefulcat on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:25PM (#38483118)

Seems like Linux laptops are generally not known for their great battery life. Would certainly be an issue for many laptop users.

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Re:Broadcom to Cut Almost 1,300 VMware Jobs in California Af... by sudosysgen on Friday December 01, 2023 @12:51AM (#38483615)

It's a pain in the ass to set up sometimes, but you can pretty much always get better battery life in Linux nowadays. Even with hybrid graphics laptops.

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Re:Broadcom to Cut Almost 1,300 VMware Jobs in California Af... by sitzkrieg on Friday December 01, 2023 @02:51AM (#38484261)

i have never got better battery life on linux with every power savibg tweak under the sun, on system76 laptops. its still awful

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Re:Broadcom to Cut Almost 1,300 VMware Jobs in California Af... by fuy on Friday December 01, 2023 @11:18AM (#38488431)

a bit off topic, but do you know of any good resources on tuning battery life and CPU fan control for system76 laptop?

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