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Then the difference became battery life. It's been a few years since I ran linux on a laptop; has that improved?
by cheriot 8y ago
Then the difference became battery life. It's been a few years since I ran linux on a laptop; has that improved?
- alexandernst 8y agoNo. Linux can’t match Mac OS on battery life.
- jimpudar 8y agoThis has been my experience as well. Apple seems to have spent a lot of effort in making their software use very little energy. Check out the energy usage of Safari vs Chrome sometime, for example.
- om42 8y agoIt has! I've been using Ubuntu on a thinkpad x1 carbon (2017) for almost a year. Battery life is between 6-8 hours everyday use including work. Probably see between 8-10 if I'm not doing any programming
- dan0- 8y agoSimilar experience on a Thinkpad T440 with a 1080p screen swap, I can easily go 5 hours before I need to swap to the big battery, which buys ne a few more hours. Games seem to halve that though...
- edoceo 8y agoMine has, older Linux on older Lenovo was not good but also that battery was aging. New (<1yr) Asus gives me about four hours of 30+ tabs across two indipendent chrome profiles, my heavy editor, multiple active ssh sessions, other nonsense, keyboard lights (on low) and screen at 60% bright. I think it's very good.
- pfranz 8y agoI don't have any firsthand information, but I've heard power management has gotten a lot better for both Linux and Windows and the laptops advertise comparable hours (with reviews not calling them out on it). There are a few name-brand laptops that offer explicit support for Linux distros. Those might gave you a better idea of what to expect.