I don't want to compare speed, user-friendliness and similar things the internet is full of.

I'll compare something that's personally quite important to me: battery life.

My HP has a standard 55Wh battery and an extended 92Wh one. Both have been in use for a few years, so their capacity is long past what it used to be. When both were new I could work without a problem for 15 hours. In Ubuntu, working on battery for 7+ hours is no problem. My system isn't optimised and I haven't looked into what services are running. With Windows I'm happy to get 5 hours... I've disabled unnecessary services; what doesn't need to run, doesn't.

I can't understand what makes Windows lag so markedly — the difference isn't just a feeling, it's noticeable. On top of that, Windows apparently can't understand that I have two batteries. This leads to a situation where even though the first battery still has enough capacity to run the system, I get a critical battery warning...

Previous Post Next Post

Other Related Posts:

hw ubiquiti turris internet

Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine

Or: goodbye Turris

Given that online learning was coming up, I finally tackled something I'd been putting off — a factory reset of my Turris router. Why? Well, after one update I couldn't manage the router through the UI. I kept seeing Bad gateway. After reboots, endless updates and tweaking a...

8th Apr 2020
sw bezpečnost školení konference Splunk Orlando

.conf18

Conference and training from the perspective of a new Splunk user

I had the chance to attend the Power User Bootcamp training at the Splunk .conf18 conference in Orlando. It was a real experience — both in terms of how such a massive event was organised, the breadth of topics covered, and the op...

5th Oct 2018