I’ve installed TLP on my Lenovo ThinkBook laptop and was wondering if there are additional steps I can take to extend the battery life when using the laptop unplugged.

Could you please share more tips and tricks for maximizing battery life on Linux laptops?

  • mlfh@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    powertop is a cool tool that can analyze your machine and provide a list of suggested power optimizations

    • Atemu@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      This is the way. You need to check whether CPU and package are mostly in the highest C-states they can be. If not, you’ve got a task or IO device causing a lot of wasted power.