On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 11:00:42 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 09:35:45AM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > > > I was just Wondering if you have any considerations for issuing an > > > update or designing lets say Debian 10 with Power Management for > > > laptops in mind. > > > > Such modifications are typically (and best) made in a distribution- > > agnostic manner, rather than being, say, Debian-specific. :) > > > > However, may I take this opportunity to promote Jonathan Carter aka > > highvoltage's "Debian Package of the Day" video series? As it > > happens, yesterday's package was "powertop": > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3M_g3C15R4 > > Power Management is a general big issue in Linux on Laptops. I have also > made the experience that Windows achives vastly better battery run times > than any Linux I have ever encountered, even if powertop doesn't have > anything to complain. > > Alas, I don't have the slightest idea why, maybe somebody can shed a > light on that.
This post of Matthew Garrett explains the challenges of getting power management to work correctly on Skylake: https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/41713.html Kind regards, Jeroen Dekkers
