Slash Data Center Energy Use With This One Weird Trick
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By changing only thirty lines of Linux kernel code, these engineers saved up to 30% of energy costs for certain applications. 30 for 30!
  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    This was an interesting read. Also, if you’re willing to put up with some sacrifices, disabling Google Play services on your Android phone, or installing Lineage OS without Google services at all, will make your phone both run faster and have way better battery life. As an example, I own the Oneplus Nord N20 5G, and when I pulled it out of the box, it was super laggy and awful. And by installing Lineage OS on it with no Google Play services, it works fabulous.

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    A good improvement, but an important distinction from the headline alone:

    This energy savings comes with a caveat. “It is sort of a best case because the 30 percent applies to the network stack or communication part of it,” Karsten explains. “If an application primarily does that, then it will see 30 percent improvement. If the application does a lot of other things and only occasionally uses the network, then the 30 percent will shrink to a smaller value.”