[schaefer]

> having moved from Linux ... to freeBSD default install makes my laptop last about twice or thrice as long.

I’ve literally never heard this from anyone before, and I have to admit, I’m curious enough to try it for myself.

The last time I tried FreeBSD was 2001.

[saidnooneever]

i am not sure why btw but i read some articles on here about software not being idle on background properly a lot of times (fancy terminals etc.). for me tho 'it just happens' because im unsure how to measure it precisely..

maybe my linux had a big or wrong setup u know, but it was running very lean. Freebsd runs about as lean tho.

cannot be bothered ofc to go back and measure it is some hp-elitebook withh a ryzen and iGPU in there.

If i run things like Claude it sucks my battery. But if i just run my editors code all day myself its all gd..use firefox as browser on both. other then that its x,i3,hx,rg,fd,fzf. thats about all i use..(so u see i hate it when any laptop empties soon.... i hardly use anything of it). usually i dont even open x/i3.

[skydhash]

I run openbsd on an old latitude and that tracks. I mostly have only application active at a time. The others are idling. I believe on Linux, especially with DE, there’s always some polling or scanning going on.

[isityettime]

That also means that any desktop Linux user who goes to play on OpenBSD or FreeBSD and runs a full-fat desktop environment that they like will probably discover similar battery life to what they're used to.