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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    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.