bytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agoThis is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.programming.devimagemessage-square250linkfedilinkarrow-up11.99K
arrow-up11.99KimageThis is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.programming.devbytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agomessage-square250linkfedilink
minus-square1985MustangCobra@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoexactly. its like people who buy a windows laptop, throw on a distro, then go “why is the battery life so shit?”
minus-squarerektdeckard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoWhat actually is the explanation for this? I’ve done the same on 2 old laptops, overall love using Linux but the battery life is like…halved.
minus-square1985MustangCobra@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agobasically the ACPI drivers for the laptop are fine tuned by the OEM with microsoft, unless the laptop ships with linux where the OEM has similar or 1:1 life as windows. dell for awhile (dunno if they still do) were shipping laptops with ubuntu.
exactly. its like people who buy a windows laptop, throw on a distro, then go “why is the battery life so shit?”
What actually is the explanation for this? I’ve done the same on 2 old laptops, overall love using Linux but the battery life is like…halved.
basically the ACPI drivers for the laptop are fine tuned by the OEM with microsoft, unless the laptop ships with linux where the OEM has similar or 1:1 life as windows. dell for awhile (dunno if they still do) were shipping laptops with ubuntu.