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[–] rozodru@piefed.world 38 points 4 days ago (2 children)

it's not just the software that runs better, in many cases it's the hardware too.

Take laptop batteries for example. users will state over and over how their batteries last a lot longer when their system is running linux as opposed to windows.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

It was then that microsoft found out that constant monitoring and stealing every little bit of information while flooding the users with ads and unwanted and unneeded AI is bad for batterylife. Who knew, except everybody?

[–] chris@l.roofo.cc 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It used to be the opposite a lot of the time. Power management used to be a huge problem. Lately though things got a lot better.

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 4 points 4 days ago

I was about to say, my experience with battery life on Linux has not been a positive one.