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> run Linux in full control and still get outstanding battery life. Why do you believe this would be the outcome? Good battery life is an attribute of softwar
by jeffbee 3y ago
> run Linux in full control and still get outstanding battery life.
Why do you believe this would be the outcome? Good battery life is an attribute of software, not hardware. The likely outcome of slapping Fedora on a Chromebook will be exceedingly poor battery life and prolonged frustration as you attempt to figure out why it doesn't have energy efficiency parity with ChromeOS.
- hedora 3y agoThis hasn't been my experience with other devices that have upstreamed kernel device drivers. Worst case, you run powertop (or whatever), and change a few entries in /proc and /sys. This is even true for phones. For instance, stock GrapheneOS gets 3-4x the battery life of stock Android on my Pixel 6 Pro. (Graphene can't run many things from the android store until you install Google Play Services. That then reduces the battery life back to stock Android levels, except stuff is buggy. I gave up on using it.)
- seanw444 3y agoGave up on using sandboxed Play Services, or GrapheneOS? I had Play Services on my last Pixel until I broke it. Got another of the same phone and installed GrapheneOS again, but didn't install Play nor Services, and honestly F-Droid has almost everything I need. The few apps I have from Play Store, I get through Aurora Store, and they work without Play Services with no complaints.
- walteweiss 3y agoWhat do you mean by sandboxed? Is it any different to any other ROM?
- seanw444 3y agoThey basically made Play and Play Services userland, to limit its snooping access. https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play
- walteweiss 3y agoOh wow, thanks for the link.