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Best Distro for Laptops?

3 years ago by Jean_Lurk_Picard to c/linux

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I want to know your opinions on the best distro that is convenient for laptops. Main reason is I want to really optimize hardware performance and more specifically battery life for my University classes. I also want to try a tiling manager as they seem perfect for laptops.

Things of note:

  • Convenience/Performance is key
  • My laptop is a Thinkpad E15 w/ 16 gb ram
  • On my home desktop I run Archlinux w/ Open box & no DE (I've been using Arch for years but haven't used another distro since Ubuntu in highschool)
  • I will likely dual boot with Windows 10 for Office
  • I want to run a tiling manager
  • I don't video game
  • I wont be using a mouse
  • I don't necessarily want to use Arch, want to try something new that I don't have to rely on AUR updates for certain software
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IncidentalIncidence 5 points 3 years ago

specifically battery life for my University classes

try undervolting your CPU/GPU. That was the first thing I did when I got my thinkpad and it improved the thermals and battery life significantly.

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flontlocs 2 points 3 years ago

Any guide for r3 3200?

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IncidentalIncidence 2 points 3 years ago

I would use one of the tools listed in the archwiki; I have an intel chip so I've never used any myself.

Once you find a tool that can undervolt, usually the recommendation is to lower the voltage incrementally until you see unstable behavior and crashes, than raise it back to the last good voltage, then run a stress-test to verify.

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CjkOvPDwQW 0 points 3 years ago

Hum, any guide you followed ?

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IncidentalIncidence 2 points 3 years ago

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