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I was just thinking about this this morning. I feel like any time I update the OS on a device it gets slower, and was wondering if there was some OS focused on

I was just thinking about this this morning. I feel like any time I update the OS on a device it gets slower, and was wondering if there was some OS focused on being fast (and hopefully battery-efficient). Maybe I'll have to try throwing Clear Linux on my old 2011 notebook and seeing how it does!

OrangeMango 7y ago
What processor does it have? I have Clear Linux running on a Haswell Core i7 and it's great, but it doesn't run on a Core2Duo I've got laying around. Also, it needs EFI booting - not sure yours is new enough for that.
- cgh 7y ago
  Interesting, good to know re the Core2Duo. I have an ancient Thinkpad T61p that I was going to try this out on as speed differences on hardware that old become obvious. But I guess I'll stick with Fedora.
  - soylentcola 7y ago
    That's what I was also wondering. I've got an old Lenovo SL500 with a C2D/3GB RAM sitting behind my TV for streaming/web browsing. Currently got Mint/MATE running on it (I know it's not the fastest thing around, it was just a quick setup for something basic and not too visually "offputting" for others in the house). The hardware is old, sure, but I don't need it badly enough to justify building/buying something else and I had it laying around from the mid-2000's when I was testing WiMAX rollout in my city. Figured it would get a bit more use instead of living on the "old hardware" shelf (shelves) in the basement.
zozbot234 7y ago
> I feel like any time I update the OS on a device it gets slower Never had this problem on Debian Linux, FWIW - even when upgrading to a new release. Of course sometimes stuff gets marginally slower due to new security mitigations or whatever, but not in a way that's even perceptible, let alone catastrophic.
- ailideex 7y ago
  Never felt this on Fedora either, to the contrary actually.
Freestyler_3 7y ago
For battery life, don't bother with linux.
- rdrey 7y ago
  Things have actually improved a lot. I'm running Ubuntu right now and drawing ~5W from my 51Wh battery on a new Ice Lake Dell XPS 13. Highly recommended.
  - majjam 7y ago
    Please can you describe any steps you took too achieve this? I’ve found the battery life on my new dell xps 13 running Ubuntu to be disappointing.
    - ficklepickle 7y ago
      tlp is all I have ever needed. It changed my life. https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-ma...

OrangeMango 7y ago

What processor does it have? I have Clear Linux running on a Haswell Core i7 and it's great, but it doesn't run on a Core2Duo I've got laying around. Also, it needs EFI booting - not sure yours is new enough for that.

cgh 7y ago
Interesting, good to know re the Core2Duo. I have an ancient Thinkpad T61p that I was going to try this out on as speed differences on hardware that old become obvious. But I guess I'll stick with Fedora.
- soylentcola 7y ago
  That's what I was also wondering. I've got an old Lenovo SL500 with a C2D/3GB RAM sitting behind my TV for streaming/web browsing. Currently got Mint/MATE running on it (I know it's not the fastest thing around, it was just a quick setup for something basic and not too visually "offputting" for others in the house). The hardware is old, sure, but I don't need it badly enough to justify building/buying something else and I had it laying around from the mid-2000's when I was testing WiMAX rollout in my city. Figured it would get a bit more use instead of living on the "old hardware" shelf (shelves) in the basement.

zozbot234 7y ago

> I feel like any time I update the OS on a device it gets slower Never had this problem on Debian Linux, FWIW - even when upgrading to a new release. Of course sometimes stuff gets marginally slower due to new security mitigations or whatever, but not in a way that's even perceptible, let alone catastrophic.

ailideex 7y ago
Never felt this on Fedora either, to the contrary actually.

Freestyler_3 7y ago

For battery life, don't bother with linux.

rdrey 7y ago
Things have actually improved a lot. I'm running Ubuntu right now and drawing ~5W from my 51Wh battery on a new Ice Lake Dell XPS 13. Highly recommended.
- majjam 7y ago
  Please can you describe any steps you took too achieve this? I’ve found the battery life on my new dell xps 13 running Ubuntu to be disappointing.
  - ficklepickle 7y ago
    tlp is all I have ever needed. It changed my life. https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-ma...