Feature changed by: Karl Cheng (qantas94heavy) Feature #308510, revision 7 Title: Reducing power consumption - openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed + openSUSE Distribution: Done Priority - Requester: Important - openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed - Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Quentin Denis (queden) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It is time for (SUSE) Linux to go green and to extend battery lifetime of laptops. I discovered these patches [1] some times ago, are they all implemented? Please do a lot more progress in powersaving! This is a general request for future releases of any kind (update, package, distribution upgrade, ...) kind regards, Quentin [1] http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/known.php (http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/known.php) Discussion: #1: Steven Gruspier (steve80289) (2010-05-20 03:27:23) i wouldn't say they need to go green, but i definitely give a thumbs up for longer battery life for laptops. #2: Sharique Ahmed Farooqui (safknw) (2015-12-18 19:49:30) A yast or KCM (Kde control panel) will make it very easy for users. + #3: Karl Cheng (qantas94heavy) (2016-11-18 05:02:23) + openSUSE now installs tlp on laptops by default, and updates to the + Linux kernel and CPU governor logic have improved laptop battery life + significantly. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308510