Re: UNIX systems

D <nospam@example.net> writes:

On Fri, 21 Mar 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:
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Right now I get 1 hour, so 3 is a major upgrade.  My notebook is quite
new.  It's a Lenovo 15IMH05 with 24 GiB of RAM.

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Hmm, sounds like something is wrong somewhere. I'd install powertop
and/or tlp and also make sure to disable Intel VMD in case it is
enabled in your bios.

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I run OpenBSD and I believe we don't have programs such as powertop or
tlp around here.  I'm going to look into the BIOS.  There are some Intel
features there that I could disable.  Some virtualization technology.  I
have enabled them and I saw that the OpenBSD kernel notices them.  But I
doubt I use any of that.

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Best of luck! OpenBSD is strange. On some things it is far ahead, while on
others, it is hopelessly antiquated if things are as you say. =(

I doubt OpenBSD was actually designed to save battery.  I think secure
/servers/ are their target.  I think best system is the one you know
best and like best.  OpenBSD has been very comforting because you read
their documentation and you just understand everything.  OpenBSD has
been giving me a strong sense of control, which is what makes software
use pleasurable.  (See Donald A. Norman.)

With those three, you should be able to double your battery time at least.
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For me, the biggest difference was disabling intel VMD in the bios,
that made a huge difference.

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You give me hopes. :)

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Let me know if it makes a difference for you! =)

I don't have VMD actually.  What I could disable (that was enabled) was
a virtualization feature.  It doesn't feel like it's doing much, but
let's until for a few more days.

True. But it would not be convenient for me. The wife would be angry with
network cables everywhere. ;)

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That was not the image I had in mind.  I had in mind plugging an
appliance into the outlet on a wall.  I could perhaps take my computer
from my desk and lay on the couch with it while I plug it to the outlet
near the couch.  Then it downloads and uploads stuff (like,
automatically) and then I watch a little TV, say.  It would take a
little while because with my new offline-designed system, the downloads
wouldn't take just a few seconds for USENET and community messages and
e-mails; it would also download a few websites (up to a certain depth)
and videos [interviews, conversations, lectures] and also songs (so that
now I'd have them offline).  So after, say, half an hour, I'd unplug it
and get back to my desk to continue work.  So maybe I'd only connect
again the next day or whenever.
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I really enjoyed this picture.

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Ahh got it! Yes, that makes much more sense. I wrote a script that
plugs into my email program that enables me to download any link in an
email and get the download as an email itself. It's great! I get an
email with a link to an article, then I do not need to leave my email
program. I just highlight the link, press a button, and a minute later
the article comes in text only mode, as an email. Pure bliss! =D

Wow. :)  What is this e-mail client again?