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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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On 2025-02-09, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2025-02-08 12:08 p.m., RonB wrote:
>> On 2025-02-08, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> On 2025-02-08 10:43 a.m., RonB wrote:
>>>> On 2025-02-08, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-02-08 2:27 a.m., RonB wrote:
>>>>>> On 2025-02-08, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2025-02-07 12:41 p.m., RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2025-02-07, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2025-02-06 7:44 p.m., DFS wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2/6/2025 4:18 PM, Joel wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> when I see Winblows now it just looks inferior.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What about it looks inferior to what you're using (Debian 12)?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I haven't run a Linux DE in a few years probably, so I am curious how
>>>>>>>>>> they're looking and feeling these days.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> KDE is spectacular, the rest is underwhelming. However, most people
>>>>>>>>> using Linux aren't looking for something pretty since they believe that
>>>>>>>>> the OS should stay out of the way. They would want resources to
>>>>>>>>> primarily be available to the software rather than the operating system
>>>>>>>>> itself.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Still, KDE compares very favourably with the commercial competition.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To me KDE is kind of "gimmicky." I like Cinnamon, Mate and Xfce much better.
>>>>>>>> (Mate and Xfce the way Linux Mint sets them up, not necessarily "generic"
>>>>>>>> versions.) I don't like "standard" Gnome at all.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's one of the advantages of Linux. Lots of choice, not "one size fits
>>>>>>>> all."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I find just about everything about KDE to be perfect. The fact that it
>>>>>>> allows me to know how much wear there is on my battery by default is
>>>>>>> spectacular. In Windows, you need BatteryBar to get that information or
>>>>>>> to run a command in the terminal. It also makes theming easy unlike
>>>>>>> Gnome. Desktop effects are also there if you want to make a change or
>>>>>>> modify how it works. Meanwhile, it doesn't feel heavy at all and I found
>>>>>>> it to be rock solid. It will definitely be my choice of desktop
>>>>>>> environment going forward.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I understand. I don't like KDE. Too "busy" for me. But that's the advantage
>>>>>> of Linux with the ability to choose and use what you like.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As for battery health I can just type inxi -B in a terminal. Now I see I
>>>>>> have a discrepency. The BIOS shows "excellent battery health" and inxi -B
>>>>>> shows 67% health on my newest laptop. I'm guessing inxi -B is right since
>>>>>> I'm only getting about 7 hours battery life on this Latitude 5300. It's
>>>>>> supposed to be somewhere around ten hours (or even 12).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> inxi is useful for a lot of things.
>>>>>
>>>>> 67% health suggests that you routinely charge it to 100% and let it
>>>>> drain to 0%. I never do. I charge to 80% and usually charge before it
>>>>> gets to 40%. As a result, even after two years since my battery change,
>>>>> my health is at 98%. It was the same on the Mac before I got rid of it.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't had the computer long enough to "routinely" do anything to it. But
>>>> I honestly beleive that these Latitudes were used for desktop computers at
>>>> Idaho Power and we're always attached to Docks — so constantly charging to
>>>> 100%.
>>>
>>> Yeah, constantly being at 100% is no better than charging to 100%. The
>>> batteries also wear out from age, so there's no winning if longevity is
>>> your objective. I just know that staying out of the area above 80 and
>>> below 20 is the trick to keeping them for a while.
>> 
>> I'll try to do that when I get a new battery in the future.
>
> If you use tlp in Linux, preventing the operating system from charging 
> above 80 is rather easy. It's just a matter of removing a # from the 
> /etc/tlp.conf file.

I'll look into that (again). Probably too late for my current battery, 
however.

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