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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    Turn down the frequency

    Kernel already does.

    Clean up unused programs

    ??? So it would close my IRC client when I look away? Fuck that.

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      Kernel already does.

      Depends on which governor you have active

      ??? So it would close my IRC client when I look away? Fuck that.

      Don’t be daft. Look at what Android provides.

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        Depends on which governor

        Default one.

        Android

        That’s also bad, but there’s a difference: developers on Android know about this and do workarounds like keeping a notification open. Because Android is Android, it always has this. No existing program elsewhere is designed around this.