I’ve installed TLP on my Lenovo ThinkBook laptop and was wondering if there are additional steps I can take to extend the battery life when using the laptop unplugged.
Could you please share more tips and tricks for maximizing battery life on Linux laptops?
Ise kde, not gnome.
terminal is your friend
if battery is the priority the single biggest gain I can recommend is to use xorg with compositing off. (Gnome cannot do this, KDE can, if you use a WM then don’t use Picom etc)
If you can tolerate screen tearing you can save a significant amount of power while web browsing.
I have a laptop with USB-C charging and stash chargers all around the house so I am always plugged-in.
Works great, the battery life is infinite.
Disable Javascript and images in your browser.
Jury’s out on disabling Javascript unless you only visit the same sites again and again. Since installing NoScript, I have to load and reload every site multiple times while I guess which domains to allow in order for the site to actually work. I’ve white listed the bare minimum on web sites I use frequently, but it’s still a daily occurrence that I visit a site I haven’t been to before.
