I am running mint on my dell and the only thing i am surprised is the bad battery life on Linux. I’m getting 1 hour backup while on windows i was getting close to 3 hours. Can someone help me out here?
Also do you really need a full DE when just using a browser on the go? I use i3wm without a compositor on battery and my wifi+firefox battery life went from 5h to about 7-8h.
I am running mint on my dell and the only thing i am surprised is the bad battery life on Linux. I’m getting 1 hour backup while on windows i was getting close to 3 hours. Can someone help me out here?
Try a few of the options here. I personally have used powertop and tlp and they help, but the best mix for your hardware might be different.
I can second TLP, it’s wonderful.
There is a GUI for it as well that works well.
Also do you really need a full DE when just using a browser on the go? I use i3wm without a compositor on battery and my wifi+firefox battery life went from 5h to about 7-8h.