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Re:Framework Laptop 16 Delivers Great Linux Support and Perf... by olddustytrail on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @05:19PM (#39110754)
At the end of the day, all the work a CPU does turns into heat. If you want less heat you need the CPU to do fewer calculations.

If you have processes pegging CPUs at 100% and you don't want them to, then use a cgroup to limit their CPU time.

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Re:Framework Laptop 16 Delivers Great Linux Support and Perf... by callalex on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @01:30AM (#39114297)
>If you want less heat you need the CPU to do fewer calculations.

You do understand that different machines can do the same calculations with different amounts of energy, right?

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Re:Framework Laptop 16 Delivers Great Linux Support and Perf... by mixmastamyk on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @03:13AM (#39114889)
We all understand battery life isn't framework's strong point.

Still, if your dev environment is using CPU constantly you're likely doing something inefficiently. Redis and postgres don't do much unless you ask them to, for example.

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