I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 and realized that battery life in Ubuntu is not as good as Windows. The battery drains faster in Ubuntu. I have seen the questions in Ask Ubuntu about this, but I haven't found anything that regards Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I've done some research and found out that the battery drain is because most vendors optimize their drivers for Windows and with Linux, you have to hope that the kernel drivers do the job (which they usually do). After that, I researched how to increase my battery life and almost all sources I found recommended installing tlp
or powertop
or something similar to these. But I have a few questions.
Does
tlp
,powertop
, and similar software actually affect battery life?If the answer to 1 is yes (in a positive way), what would you recommend I install (such as whether I should install
tlp
orpowertop
by itself or in a combination)?Are there any other ways to increase battery life in Ubuntu 20.04?
Note: I am a beginner to Linux and Linux distros and do not want to mess with anything advanced that may negatively affect the system. I may not be able to immediately know how to tweak any of the aforementioned software, so please suggest any tweaks if they are needed to get results.
And if it helps to know, here are my system specs:
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS x86_64
Host: 81X2 IdeaPad Flex 5 14ARE05
Kernel: 5.7.17-050717-generic
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4700U with Radeon Graphics (8) @ 2.000GHz
GPU: AMD ATI 04:00.0 Renoir
(These were given by neofetch
)
P.S: If you need anything else, just ask.
Thanks in advance!