• GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Well I can argue with that because Linux systems usually consume more energy than identical systems with other operating systems though they are probably less green due to having a lot of cloud and ad related tech built in.

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      2 months ago

      Extremely dependent on a number of factors, mostly hardware and configuration. I had a Thinkpad T480 and on a stock fedora install it definitely died faster than W10, but after setting up TLP and Powertop I squeezed ~2 more hours of use out of it than Windows could manage. Ditto for my framework 13, I get all day battery life on NixOS but when I’ve tested windows on it I lose a few hours immediately

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      2 months ago

      Linux systems usually consume more energy than identical systems with other operating systems

      Is this true?

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        Yes, at least on battery powered PCs. Other kinds of machines may be more efficient on Linux but I guess these are mostly cases when there are no big and well developed proprietary solutions for them.

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              2 months ago

              Surely use-case is important? Someone running a server that’s on 24/7 vs. someone running it on a laptop or desktop that they shut down every day.

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                I was talking about comparing the efficiency between operating systems. That requires the use case to be the same. Comparing different use cases is unfair.

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      2 months ago

      That’s not ture atleast on my system, I played modded Minecraft for 4 hours on performance mode and I still have 15% to spare, I also watch BCS for an season and it’s only drain 60% on power saving mode

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          2 months ago

          I used win10 1 years and I don’t remember exactly what the power consumption is like but I think it probably worse because of win10 use more on CPU and RAM for anti-malware and telemetry