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Energy-efficient distro recommendations? (programming.dev)
submitted 3 months ago* by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Which distros are energy efficient? I have a capable desktop, and I mean to push it, but I don't want to be using energy if it's not necessary. I'm not looking to rescue an old laptop, for example.

I hear CachyOS is fast. Does that translate to energy efficient?

(Does the OS even matter that much for efficiency?)

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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

So I do suggest you get some sort of energy monitor plug for your desktop and realize that it probably already uses less power than you think it does. I was very surprised at the efficiency once I did that.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    very surprised at the efficiency

    i remember hooking ours up to a 10th gen celeron desktop (supposedly 58w cpu).

    the whole box doesn't even hit 20w at the wall under a full load, and it idles awake at about 5w.

    i immediately set that one aside for future use to feed media to a tv or run a dietpi or something.

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