Battery drains really fast on freshly installed Ubuntu

SMshrimant
SMshrimant Member Posts: 29 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
edited March 20 in 2020 Archives
Hi,

I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 recently on my Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52, Before  Ubuntu I was using Windows 10 which used to give battery life of 5-6 hours.
But now when I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 Battery is draining really fast. On ubuntu I am getting max 2 hours of battery backup.

Is there any way/solution where we can get 5-6 hours of battery backup on Ubuntu as well?

Thanks,
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Answers

  • aphanic
    aphanic Member Posts: 959 Seasoned Specialist WiFi Icon
    Different OSes, different drivers, probably nothing much you can do.

    You can give tlp a try, thermald, laptop mode tools, the usual things and see to what extent do they help. Check that you aren't using the NVIDIA card for everything as well, but there ain't much to suggest.