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How bad is battery life on Linux laptop?
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Battery life on laptops is always over exaggerated regardless what OS you run.
12+ hours of actual battery life during use just doesn't happen.
yeah I put Linux on my 2019 XPS 15 back in 2019 and went from 4 hours of usable productivity time to 4 hours of usable productivity time
battery degradation is a much bigger issue than Linux vs windows
12+ hours of actual usage is doable on Apple Silicon, but it does depend on what your usage is. If you're compiling something 50% of the time then probably not. If you spend most time writing code and then testing the application after compiling? Yeah it'll last you 12.
I know that's not what OP has and it's not what they should get for Linux usage, but I've worked with 3 now (one personal, two at different jobs) and these things are the holy grail of battery life. First day on my M1 Air, taking it off the charger, 2 hours in it had used maybe 5% battery watching a udemy course and playing around in xcode.
So I think we should demand better of our laptops. I do believe AMD has done a lot, they had an entire generation where all they advertised was the increased power efficiency.