[barrkel]

The Zenbook S14 is a lovely machine, and you can get it with 32G and 120Hz OLED HDR display without the weight or bulk of a macbook pro.

I don't like Windows 11. WSL2 is just about an acceptable Linux, but I don't like how there's no memory ballooning. I had to disable all the sleeping network access mechanisms to make it not run out of battery when suspended. Windows 11 is ugly and unpleasant to use in large part because of the proliferation of different UI themes over the years, which they can't easily remove due to how third party software plugs into things - multiple control panels, multiple Explorer menus, etc.

As soon as there is a solid Linux implementation (ideally Debian-flavoured) with competent power management I will switch. That may be a long while off though.

[wslh]

I wonder about the complexity of improving the battery management on Linux. I understand that macOS is highly optimized and Windows is in the middle or closer to Linux? I am not talking about the Apple Silicon chips but at the OS level.

[Naac]

The latest release of Ubuntu already provides this.

I'm running it on the latest zenbook S14, on the ultra 7. Great battery life, and no problems entering/exiting sleep mode.

[barrkel]

I also have the ultra 7, 258V. What kernel are you running? I saw advice that 6.12 is recommended but 24.10 is on 6.11, and I do not want to be spending any time building kernels.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1fq908x/fedora_41_be...

[billfor]

Sleep mode is not a problem but I tend to use hibernate, which is difficult to get to work under Ubuntu. I think it requires a dedicated encrypted swap -- it's all manual steps and configuration.