bytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 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-square247linkfedilinkarrow-up11.95Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.93Karrow-down1imageThis 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-22 days agomessage-square247linkfedilink
minus-square1985MustangCobra@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day 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-up1·1 day 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-up1·23 hours 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.