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Classic Linux driver issues. None of the power saving or advanced hardware features get used most of the time. I've had the same with Dell and Lenovo Linux ma

Classic Linux driver issues. None of the power saving or advanced hardware features get used most of the time. I've had the same with Dell and Lenovo Linux machines - CPU never throttles down and is at full-chat 100% of the time. You'll probably also find out that one or more of the following will also not work properly: Bluetooth, sleep, wake from sleep, fingerprint readers, audio. I'd recommend installing windows 11 if battery life is important (not trolling - windows just works with this sort of thing, Linux never does in my experience). Use WSL or docker to run Linux if you need it for development

lucb1e 3y ago
What power saving features would one use while actively in a video call? I doubt this is OP's problem
- CharlesW 3y ago
  One example would be hardware video encode/decode.
- seabrookmx 3y ago
  The ones that interact with the GPU / hardware video decode blocks. That's assuming their device is even using hardware accelerated video (many distros don't by default) but even with it enabled on my Framework 13 I still see the same behavior as OP. About 90minutes in Google meet, 4hrs in VSCode and more vanilla browsing. 6hrs easily in Windows.
jwells89 3y ago
> You'll probably also find out that one or more of the following will also not work properly: Bluetooth, sleep, wake from sleep, fingerprint readers, audio. YMMV but in my experience this comes down to the quality of components used in the laptop. I've never had trouble out of Intel networking (ethernet, wifi, and bluetooth) under Linux for example, but anything else is hit or miss. It's not a perfect rule but the nicer laptops (Thinkpad X1 series for example) tend to be the ones that get components with good Linux compatibility… midrange and below by contrast is a minefield.
- ASalazarMX 3y ago
  Ubuntu has a certified laptop list, practically everything just works with the defaults. Never got the fingerprint reader to work on my laptop, though. https://ubuntu.com/certified/laptops https://ubuntu.com/certified/laptops

lucb1e 3y ago

What power saving features would one use while actively in a video call? I doubt this is OP's problem

CharlesW 3y ago
One example would be hardware video encode/decode.
seabrookmx 3y ago
The ones that interact with the GPU / hardware video decode blocks. That's assuming their device is even using hardware accelerated video (many distros don't by default) but even with it enabled on my Framework 13 I still see the same behavior as OP. About 90minutes in Google meet, 4hrs in VSCode and more vanilla browsing. 6hrs easily in Windows.

jwells89 3y ago

> You'll probably also find out that one or more of the following will also not work properly: Bluetooth, sleep, wake from sleep, fingerprint readers, audio. YMMV but in my experience this comes down to the quality of components used in the laptop. I've never had trouble out of Intel networking (ethernet, wifi, and bluetooth) under Linux for example, but anything else is hit or miss. It's not a perfect rule but the nicer laptops (Thinkpad X1 series for example) tend to be the ones that get components with good Linux compatibility… midrange and below by contrast is a minefield.

ASalazarMX 3y ago
Ubuntu has a certified laptop list, practically everything just works with the defaults. Never got the fingerprint reader to work on my laptop, though. https://ubuntu.com/certified/laptops https://ubuntu.com/certified/laptops