UPower Power Profiles Daemon v0.21 Automatically Adapts For Linux Laptop Battery Use

[phoronix]

Phoronix: UPower Power Profiles Daemon v0.21 Automatically Adapts For Linux Laptop Battery Use

The Power Profiles Daemon software under the UPower project has released version 0.21 which now is automatically battery-state aware for adjusting the CPU power/performance behavior depending upon whether your Linux laptop is connected to AC or battery power...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Power-Profiles-Daemon-0.21

[user1]

So annoying that it's currently broken in OpenSUSE
Well, hopefully they'll fix it soon and update to this new version.

[mmstick]

Not necessarily a good idea to do by default because people often don't want their performance to drop just because they unplugged. if it's not indicated in the UI that a lower performance profile has been activated, there will be some confusion. It should be a configurable setting in the power settings panel.

[Volta]

Just about time, but like other said I hope it will be adjustable.

[Draget]

How does it work together with other tools? Like KDE (KPowerDevil?), laptop-mode tools or other things…?

[andre30correia]

How does it work together with other tools? Like KDE (KPowerDevil?), laptop-mode tools or other things…?

dont work i think at least with tlp but im using this with new kernels in a lenovo laptop and battery life is the same using this or tlp and for some reason i have more performance with this than tlp

[andre30correia]

Not necessarily a good idea to do by default because people often don't want their performance to drop just because they unplugged. if it's not indicated in the UI that a lower performance profile has been activated, there will be some confusion. It should be a configurable setting in the power settings panel.

in windows and mac this happens since ever

[sharpjs]

I'm surprised PPD didn't do this already.

[royce]

How does it work together with other tools? Like KDE (KPowerDevil?), laptop-mode tools or other things…?

If you use auto-cpufreq you should disable ppd, and viceversa.

[Shtirlic]

Actually, the switcher is already supported in KDE. In the Energy Savings section under Other Settings, you can choose which power profile to use.

PS
Also it can be done via battery popup

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