I’m new to the world of Linux. I bid goodbye to windows and installed Linux mint 18.3 and I’m enjoying my new found freedom very much. However here's my one area of concern. Mint seems to be draining my battery life fairly soon almost 60% faster than that of windows. I have installed all the required drivers and still struggle with this a bit. I have also installed TLP but it's too soon for me to notice the difference TLP made.
I was wondering if there's anything I could do to gain a bit more from my batteries.
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$ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: Jays-PC Kernel: 4.13.0-26-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3)
Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine: System: FUJITSU product: LIFEBOOK A555
Mobo: FUJITSU model: FJNBB3E
Bios: FUJITSU // Insyde v: 1.21 date: 05/31/2016
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3-5005U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7981
clock speeds: max: 1900 MHz 1: 1995 MHz 2: 1995 MHz 3: 1995 MHz
4: 1995 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@59.97hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.4 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-2 Intel Broadwell-U Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.13.0-26-generic
Network: Card-1: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (8.2% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MQ01ABD1 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 28G used: 6.5G (25%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /boot size: 472M used: 185M (42%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-3: /home size: 885G used: 66G (8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
ID-4: swap-1 size: 5.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 204 Uptime: 1:37 Memory: 1463.8/3874.3MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
Regards,
Jason.