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40 questions linked to/from Tips to extend battery life for laptops and notebooks
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Laptop minimal power consumption tweaks [duplicate]
I've recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a new Lenovo X220 laptop with a 9-cells battery. I have a trans-atlantic flight coming up, and I would like to use my laptop during it. Lenovo claims that ...
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Battery issue in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS [duplicate]
I have Install Ubuntu 18.04.Battery is draining very quickly approx 1:30 hr only. while in window same laptop have upto 4:50 hr battery.
I have Lenovo Ideapad 310 (i5 6th gen).
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how to enable laptop mode tools in ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
I have a Lenovo z570 running ubuntu 12.10 with a battery life approximately 1hr 30 min. Please help me maximize the battery life of my lenovo
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Battery longevity is less in Ubuntu 20.04 than in Windows [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 alongside Windows 10.
My battery lasts for more than 3.30 hours in Windows but in Ubuntu it lasts only 1.30 hours.
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The Thinkpad T480 boasts 30 hours of battery life, I'm getting 6 [duplicate]
What gives? How come Ubuntu chews through both of my two batteries so fast?
Using 18.04.1 by the way.
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How can I improve the battery life under 12.04 on my Inspiron 14z? [duplicate]
How do I improve the battery life of my Inspiron 14z under Ubuntu 12.04?
This laptop gets 4-5 hours of battery life using Windows (e.g. here). I've removed Windows, installed Ubuntu 12.04 and the ...
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How can I save my laptops battery from draining? [duplicate]
I am using ubuntu 12.04 (switched from windows 8 recently) and I am finding that this OS is draining my laptops battery like anything (works only like 70% of windows).
I also found this interesting ...
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Battery drain on ubuntu is fast [duplicate]
My battery drain on win7 is less than that of ubuntu (around 45 min of difference).
Can you advice me something to get best battery performance on my laptop?
when I decrease the brightness it remains ...
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LAPTOP battery draining faster without overheating issue [duplicate]
I have a hp laptop with an AMD graphics card and I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 alongside my window 8.1. Under Ubuntu the laptop is quiet silent and smooth (no overheating) but the battery is draining ...
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Increase battery life on XPS 13 9343 [duplicate]
I'd like to increase the battery life on my XPS 13 running Ubuntu 14.04. Is this possible? It seems like running a native OS like Windows performs better and would like to maximize the efficiency of ...
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Battery saver mode in ubuntu and mint [duplicate]
I have gone through sites and instaled various battery saver tools like tlp lui I actually dont remember their exact name. But non of those helped to save my laptop battery. Windows 8.1 gives me 3 to ...
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How can I improve battery life on an Eeepc 1015 PEM? [duplicate]
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Tips to extend battery life for laptops and notebooks
I own an Asus Eee PC 1015 PEM. I've decided to fully shift to Ubuntu, I've been using it on other systems since the 5th ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 is draining my battery really fast [duplicate]
I'm new to Ubuntu and I'm not a developer to know how to write codes. I downloaded it couple of days ago but it is killing my battery, it almost lasts an hour and couple of minutes while it holds for ...
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Get more battery time from hp laptop [duplicate]
i have a HP gamer laptop 15 (15-dk0008la) with Ubuntu 18.04.
I hardly get 3 hours of battery (the usual are 2 to 2.5 hours) and that is with, Bluetooth off, keyboard back light off and working with ...
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How To Get Rid of This? Ubuntu is Definitely Consuming More Power Than Windows! [duplicate]
System details: Intel Core i5 2.50GH, Nvidia, 2GB RAM, 32bit O/S for both Linux and Windows.
Well I have been using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for nearly 1 week. I have noticed whenever my laptop runs on ...
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