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killyourfm

@killyourfm@layer8.space

Currently: Musician and geek who's happily satisfying his inner child. Also Community Engagement Manager for https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird.

Formerly: Linux For Everyone, Forbes, AMD.

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killyourfm, to linux
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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 👇

killyourfm,
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@mschfr Excellent idea!

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

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

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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

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.

killyourfm, to linux
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If everyone had to install 11 themselves from scratch, they would absolutely switch to .

Jesus, this takes FOREVER.

killyourfm,
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@mroy I tried that, no dice.

killyourfm,
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@FartsMusically It's a better installer, technically. But the amount of upselling for various Microsoft services and Windows options is borderline absurd now.

killyourfm,
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@AdamBishop @writeblankspace I just had no clue it was so hidden in Windows 11. (Having to go into CMD and enable Hibernate first).

I could be wrong.

killyourfm,
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@FartsMusically @xerz In a slightly altered timeline, that cash cow is Valve.

killyourfm,
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And apparently Windows 11 makes it even more frustrating to dual-boot with .

In my experience anyway, both and couldn't see my PC's Wifi module until I booted into Windows 11, enabled Hibernation, and then disabled Fast Startup.

???

killyourfm,
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@syn Yea, that little fact is seriously terrible. It must have generated so much e-waste.

killyourfm,
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@writeblankspace Is this a widely known issue? I'm just wondering if new Linux users might need to hear this.

killyourfm,
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@dhaavi oh yea those options rock. But any kind of real world testing, I always install to the metal.

killyourfm, (edited ) to linux
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This is fucking awesome!

(Steam Beta now gives us options for transferring game files over your local network if they're already installed on another PC).

killyourfm,
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@jay Great! I just noticed it, so it's new to me :D

killyourfm,
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@unsolaci Sorry, I don't personally know and my Steam Deck needs some updating before I can find out. (And I'm about to leave for the evening)

killyourfm,
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@sharan Yea, a major UI overhaul if you select the Steam beta branch.

killyourfm, to random
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@gamingonlinux Can you recommend any newer games that have canned benchmarks AND have FSR?

killyourfm,
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@FartsMusically @gamingonlinux OH YES, great call on Cyberpunk. with all the optimizations they did last year, that's a perfect title for my testing. Thank you

killyourfm,
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@thelinuxEXP @gamingonlinux Ahhh thanks Nick.

killyourfm,
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@thelinuxEXP @gamingonlinux when I read your question, I threw up in my mouth a little bit…. 😂😅

i’m more than happy to be on someone else’s videos though, as long as I don’t have to produce them !

killyourfm, to random
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Over the next few weeks, I'm going to TRY to accurately measure my power consumption doing daily work tasks on my big tower PC, the Steam Deck, and the HP Dev One laptop. (Using a Kill-A-Watt P3).

ALSO? Gaming power consumption comparisons between my desktop PC & the Xbox Series X, both at 4K resolution.

I expect it will be an eye-opening experience and I'll never turn on my tower again.

This will undoubtedly branch off into all kinds of software testing too. YES, I'll record & share data...

killyourfm,
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In the UK, at 8 hours of operation per day, that 120Hz refresh rate boost would only result in about £30 per year.

But that ecological footprint multiplied by millions of people? Well, that might truly suck. Especially when we add up all the other "quality of life" things we enjoy with modern desktop PCs.

(I don't know how to make these calculations, and maybe this is something that @be4foss or @baldpolnareffart would excel at?)

killyourfm,
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@be4foss @baldpolnareffart

Furiously scribbles notes

killyourfm,
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@baldpolnareffart Right now I'm just throwing notes and results in Joplin. Not very organized yet. But I would like to make all this public, and have other people running similar tests.

killyourfm,
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@mathieucomandon And now you have my brain working overtime.

What would the power savings of DLSS & FSR look like when applied to millions of games? Damn....

killyourfm,
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@baldpolnareffart @be4foss Indeed, that handbook is a great resource.

And I think the Expert Power Control 1202 might be JUST A BIT more useful than my Kill-A-Watt :D

killyourfm,
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@mathieucomandon hardmon looks really useful! After all, CPU and GPU are going to drive the majority of power usage.

Does it depend on the machine having various system sensors available? (For background, I use to use Phoronix Test Suite for stuff like this, but yours gets straight to the point and would probably be a better option for me).

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