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Step by step of setting up Arch Linux on a Macbook Air 2013
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Add instructions for improved powersaving #3

Closed pandeiro closed 9 years ago

pandeiro commented 9 years ago

There are ways to get battery life with Arch that is on par with Mac OS X. That information belongs here.

shime commented 9 years ago

@pandeiro what's the usual battery life you get?

pandeiro commented 9 years ago

@shime Have never measured it properly, and been in a while since I ran OS X on mine, but I remember my early impression was that it was ~1-1.5 hours less than what OS X got.

bandali0 commented 9 years ago

@pandeiro @shime I'm using Powerdown. There's also Power management on wiki. Have you guys read these, or do you use any of them?

pandeiro commented 9 years ago

@aminb Thanks for the info; I have seen the info in the wiki but I have not tested it myself so I am hesitant to include it here. If you have firsthand experience and want to include a recommendation somewhere in this writeup, I'd be happy to include it.

ghost commented 9 years ago

I used powertop when I was running Arch on a MacBook air. I found it helped extend battery life.

pandeiro commented 9 years ago

OK, I've just added basic summaries for both powedown and powertop. Having not used these myself, I'd appreciate any feedback or corrections.

bandali0 commented 9 years ago

@pandeiro powerdown has basically been an install and forget experience for me. It does some useful adjustments based on whether you're running on battery or AC.

I'll try powertop soon and will try to submit a PR if it needs actions from user.