And if you want an automated CPU scheduler, auto-cpufreq is amazing: https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq . You can even use it to set charging limits to protect your battery on ThinkPads!
This morning at 8:30, I unplugged my Samsung S24 Ultra from the charger, and it was at 94 percent. I've been out and about all day, using it regularly on 4G and 5G, with very little Wi-Fi usage. It's not in power-saving mode but on the light profile (I haven't noticed any differences from the normal profile, and on the S23, it would save a few percentage points of battery per day). At 21:25 I still have 64 percent battery left. It has only consumed 30 percent. Definitely a positive experience.
Looking to buy a #laptop. What do y'all use/recommend? It should run #Linux well (so no MacBooks), have really good #batterylife (~6+ hours), support up to 32Gb+ of #RAM, and have reasonably good repairability and upgradability.
Edit: Forgot to mention I'm from Europe (Portugal) and would prefer a Portuguese keyboard layout.
My son’s brand-new school Windows laptop’s battery is not lasting as long as it needs to: he uses it for one 40-minute WebEx system, which uses up 50% of the battery, and then one independent study session and one in-class session, both of which are just web-based research and/or ebook reading, and typing in Word.
We’ve turned on every battery-saving option we can find, including turning off auto load/background refreshes, turning down the screen brightness and turning the video streaming off HD. This last made the WebEx session use 40% rather than 50%, but overall he’s just left on 5% now instead of completely dead. If he has a day needing more video, or if more classes require a laptop, it’s not adequate.
It was advertised as lasting 14 hours. I know that doesn’t translate to real-world use, but 2.5 hours seems extremely poor. Is the battery a dud, is this just what WebEx/modern apps do, or is there some other setting we can play with?
Challenge accepted, w moim telefonie bateria po ~500 cyklach (2.5 roku) już słabo trzymała a była używana w zakresie 20-100%.
Teraz wymieniłem baterie na nową i włączyłem ograniczenie ładowania do 85%. Zobaczymy jak długo wytrzyma w zakresie 20-85%.