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I had trouble with charging netbook Lenovo x140e
I bought an old netbook. Windows 8 was installed on the netbook.
The battery charge was a maximum of 39%. Working time was 1.5-2 hours.
I reinstalled xubuntu 18.04 and it was 17%. Working time 20 ...
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Does Ubuntu reduce battery life? [duplicate]
In this this page of the Ubuntu help it says that using Ubuntu reduces battery life than compared to using Mac/Windows. What does that exactly mean? Does "battery life" mean here the number of hours ...
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Fan noise and decresed Battary Lifetime after Ubuntu install
I have a fresh Ubuntu 17.10.1 installation on my Lenovo Thinkpad e470 with the following specs:
CPU i7 7500U with Intel® HD Graphics 620
GPU Nvidia Geforce 940MX
16GB Ram and 256GB SSD
The OS is ...
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Does Ubuntu rapidly decrease the lifespan of my battery?
Okay this seems very silly but i feel like Ubuntu is just destroying the battery of my PC. It started about an year ago when i switched to Ubuntu, within 1-2 months the battery died. It was working ...
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Laptop battery drains faster in Ubuntu 16.04 when compared to other OS [duplicate]
The battery backup of my Lenovo G50-45 laptop is very low of around 3hrs on full charge.
This was approximately double when I was working with Windows 8.1. Can you please suggest the possible fixes ...
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Ubuntu battery performance is very low and more heating?
I am new to the linux world. I recently installed ubuntu 16.04.1 in my Lenovo Yoga 500 laptop. Now my laptop's battery backup become very low. it only give me 1.5 hours to 2 hours backup. In windows ...
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why does Ubuntu on my hp pavilion laptop's battery is draining very fast? [duplicate]
i have install ubuntu 14.04 on my hp pavilion laptop
initially when i was using windows 8.1 my battery use to be 2.30 hours to 3.00 hours
but when i installed ubuntu 14.04 it started draining very ...
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Battery efficiency issue in Ubuntu 14.04
I have an HP Probook 440 G2, with an intel core i5-4210U processor.
I have dual boot windows 8.1 installation. I get approx 5+ hours of battery backup in Windows 8.1 and approx 2+ hours in Ubuntu. My ...
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How to fix overheating and battery low life on ASUS K56CM? [duplicate]
I have an ASUS K56CM ubuntu 12.04 runs well, but the temperature in idle is about 55-65 °C. And also my battery have a half less life then on windows7. I tried Jupiter but it doesn't work. Should I ...
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Battery Drains very fast
I am using hp pavillion notebok with windows and ubuntu dual boot, whenver i shutdown my laptop and start the ubuntu after some time, i founds that the charging is reduced very much. I have tried the ...
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how to power save and lookup power usage in terminal [duplicate]
I have already installed powertop , pm-utils , laptop-mode-tool , jupitor , also power save with jupitor , cpu-frequency skilling powersave , pm-powersave true but power usage are 1 hour and 20 ...
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Is there a power saving application similar to Jupiter?
I'm trying to install the Jupiter power settings app but, I read it is no longer compatible with the new kernel. Is there a similar program or a way to manage the power settings on 13.04?
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Can my settings be customized automatically when I boot on battery power?
Is it possible to tweak settings if and only if the computer starts on battery power?
Why?
I usually work without battery, but when I use a battery I want it to last as long as possible. For that ...
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Why does my laptop overheat and discharge faster in Ubuntu than Windows? [duplicate]
I am new to Linux. I have a Dell Inspiron 15 with a 1st generation Intel Core i3 and Ubuntu 12.10.
My laptop gets heated quickly which doesn't happen on Windows. Also the battery is discharged faster ...
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Laptop battery doesn't last that long compared to Windows [duplicate]
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Why does my computer get less battery life with Ubuntu compared to Windows?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 with Gnome 3.6 on a Dell Inspiron N5010 laptop, but I have a problem with ...
