Linux is great for so many reasons. Battery life is not one of them. Most users, with every new isntall, one of the first thing they install is TLP and/or Powertop. Tools like these definitely help with extending the battery life but they also come with their own set of problems. Like losing turbo boost.
Here’s where cpu-freq comes in. A simple tool which will automatically make “cpufreq” related changes, save battery like TLP, but let Linux kernel do most of the heavy lifting.
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