Battery Usage More?

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I just installed, and I’m noticing that my battery meter is basically a
timer. Coming from Ubuntu and Mint, where my laptop could get 3 hours,
3.5 on a good day of moderate usage. Now under 11.1 and 4.2, I’m getting
less than two hours. This can’t be common.

Any tips?

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gohmifune;1935919 Wrote:
> I just installed, and I’m noticing that my battery meter is basically a
> timer. Coming from Ubuntu and Mint, where my laptop could get 3 hours,
> 3.5 on a good day of moderate usage. Now under 11.1 and 4.2, I’m getting
> less than two hours. This can’t be common.
>
> Any tips?
Install the package called powertop (do search for it in yast) then
open your konsole and type:

Code:

powertop

to find out which processes are consuming more power. (Skyper,
KTorrent, Amarok have many wakeups).

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