killyourfm,
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What kind of power consumption tests would you like to see across and various distros?

Some ideas I have so far:

1: Proprietary vs : Outlook vs Thunderbird, MS Word vs @libreoffice Writer, etc. (Have more pairs to suggest?)

2: Power savings when at native 4K versus using AMD FSR.

3: Idle/Load power usage of KDE, GNOME, Xfce, MATE, etc.

4: Power usage across various form factors (Tower/Desktop PC vs Laptop vs )

YOUR IDEAS HERE 👇

jynersolives,
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  • killyourfm,
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    @jynersolives I haven't had time to do much testing for various reasons. But I promise to get around to it.

    portaloffreedom,

    @killyourfm

    Video hardware decoders/encoders across different graphic cards (and different codecs maybe too?)

    portaloffreedom,

    @killyourfm

    Xorg (no effects) vs xorg (with effects) vs Wayland

    posiris,

    @killyourfm @libreoffice perhaps Davinci vs Kdenlive? Idr if Davinci is still a pain to get GPU acceleration on Linux.

    cpy,
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    @killyourfm @libreoffice I'd be interested in WSL vs Linux - how much energy and Performance am I giving up as a Developer by sticking to Windows?

    aghost_7,

    @killyourfm @libreoffice The overhead of using docker is much higher outside of linux.

    baldpolnareffart,

    @killyourfm @libreoffice I think we should collect all these ideas and then figure out a way to automate the testing under very specific conditions. What I mean is that we should probably try to change one variable at a time, we could probably come out with some sort of benchmark performing some sort of standardized test, ideally

    killyourfm,
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    @baldpolnareffart Automating is way beyond my skillset. Is that something you can do?

    baldpolnareffart,

    @killyourfm Not really, at least in a reasonable amount of time. I wonder if someone like @phoronix could do something similar, it would be interesting. Then we could easily collect more data in a standardized way and do a better quality analysis

    killyourfm,
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    @baldpolnareffart @phoronix I'm not POSITIVE, but I think Phoronix Test Suite relies on the sys.power system sensor being available. I have two systems right in front of me where it's not.

    You can find our your system's sensors by running:

    $ phoronix-test-suite system-sensors

    baldpolnareffart,

    @killyourfm @phoronix
    Do you have a machine that you could exclusively dedicate to testing? I would focus on a single device first, isolating variables would be way harder if we started randomly collecting data from different machines.
    Oh, another idea to add to the notes, running a test (any, once we define something), both on an SSD and a hard drive, those spinning disks should be more power hungry if I'm not mistaken

    killyourfm,
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    @baldpolnareffart @phoronix I have two devices that would be ideal candidates: one is a Thelio, and the other is a 17" laptop with a dedicated Nvidia GPU. (The other laptops I have just don't pack a good gaming punch, and personally that's something I want to test extensively).

    I'll look into their sensor capabilities this weekend.

    PS: sys.power availability makes this possible -> https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/05/06/benchmarked-the-most-power-efficient-ubuntu-19-04-flavor-will-surprise-you/?sh=2cbcf426e341

    baldpolnareffart,

    @killyourfm @phoronix Very cool! Alright, I would probably start with the Thelio. Just send me an email with all the notes and let's try to figure something out!

    NO_PULSE_XBL,
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    @killyourfm #4. Boot up with nothing running, and just idle for a few minutes across each OS?

    toad,
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  • killyourfm,
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    @toad Mmm, great suggestion. Consider that your CPU needs to work harder to decode content at higher resolutions, and I bet it does make a somewhat significant difference.

    It's added to the list.

    sirmikester,
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    @killyourfm @libreoffice run some cross platform games on both, including Minecraft, Valheim and Counterstrike

    peotr26,

    You could test eco-friendly certified software like Okular.

    teivel,
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    @killyourfm @libreoffice Wayland vs X11 is interesting, also running Firefox under Wayland vs XWayland.

    This might need to be done for both GNOME and KDE.

    I'm also interested in the power characteristics of window manages, but those seem too niche to ask you to spend your time on them.

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  • killyourfm,
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    @mschfr Excellent idea!

    AdamBishop,
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    @killyourfm @libreoffice I have Spotify on, and it's burning a hole through my desk ... 😬

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