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?

  • @just_another_person
    22•6 months ago

    If you’re running AMD, TLP won’t help as much as running a 6.6+ kernel with the proper amd-pstate kernel module running. 6.8 takes it even further.

    • JustEnoughDucks
      2•6 months ago

      Damn, I looked at this thread hoping to optimize my server idle power draw.

      AMD 2700X, and Debian Bookworm kernel back ports just got to 6.6. Hopefully this doesn’t break my ZFS 😅

      • @moontorchy
        2•6 months ago

        I too wanted to rock Debian with ZFS. Had to go Ubuntu due to better ZFS support.

        • JustEnoughDucks
          1•6 months ago

          To be fair, of you just wait until the ZFS package is released with the corresponding kernel, everything works great. Just no unattended upgrades to the kernel on the back ports channel and you are golden!