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• Post #3567002

  No, it needs a lot more babysitting than 4.5 does. 3.5 was on the same level of mistakes, at least on the quants I have to use.

• Post #3151747

  Linux has extended quite a few system calls. Not really a problem as they mostly support the POSIX ways. But there are a few corner cases around threading and file locks that do break on mainline Linux. Not too big to overcome, as there are exceptions like EulerOS that are both compliant and certified.

• Post #784404

  Auto-cpufreq only changes the CPU governor based on your preference for load and power source. In my experience you need to disable the intel_pstate driver to see real gains in the powersave/conservative governors. That’s true for all three options. Tlp can also manage power to radios, ports, devices. Gains are small over auto-cpufreq, and it can be a bit finicky not to lose some part you actually wanted to keep powered on. I’m not very familiar with power-profiles-daemon, but I think it set...

• Post #751763

  I can never get past their cloudflare captchas. I guess I must be a bot.