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Does Linux still consumes more battery power than MacOSX? I had this issue in the past on my MacBook. It was very notable: on Linux the total battery time was
by albertzeyer 16y ago
Does Linux still consumes more battery power than MacOSX?
I had this issue in the past on my MacBook. It was very notable: on Linux the total battery time was about 60-70% of what I had with MacOSX.
I did some debugging and while the kernel itself also consumed slightly more than MacOSX, the biggest problem where the applications, esp. the window manager (tested both Gnome and KDE). They do a lot of stuff and mostly prevent the CPU from going into low-power mode or wake it up all the time.