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> much better battery life - can actually use a laptop as a laptop! I have two laptops running Linux that can easily provide 6-8h of battery life. Maybe more.
by jraph 4y ago
> much better battery life - can actually use a laptop as a laptop!
I have two laptops running Linux that can easily provide 6-8h of battery life. Maybe more. One of the laptop is second hand (HP Elitebook 860 G6), the battery health is said to be at 69%. I think this laptop would give me 10-15h of battery life with a new battery.
I've been actually using Linux laptop as laptops for more than 10 years now.
- yokoprime 4y agoSounds like battery performance is better than on Windows for the 860 G6. In my experience seeing those in enterprise settings, they last like 4-5 hours max, probably less. But then again people are running Teams, Outlook, Edge chromium and other resource hogs.
- jraph 4y agoKDE's energy saving mode probably helps a bit, and I hate hearing the fans or feeling lags so whenever I feel something I handle this. But that's not so usual. The main culprit is usually Signal. Video conferences and playing videos in the browser may also spin the fans but I often have a NC headset during these times.