framework-laptop-formula VS Mac

Very cool, thanks for the follow up and tips. I'm using Pop_OS (based on Ubuntu 22.04) and had to make some tweaks to get fingerprint working and other optimizations. I used this repo to get the tweaks. Did the fingerprint sensor work out of the box for 23.04 beta?

The recommendations here are very helpful https://github.com/lightrush/framework-laptop-formula Most of it will work for Pop! (what I use) the rest can be handled by the commands noted here https://github.com/lightrush/framework-laptop-formula/issues/37 (unfortunately I haven't had time figure out Salt and contribute back).

Yup, I used the automated salt formula . Though, I don't get the battery life that others have claimed. I'm around 5 and a half hours

If you're using an Ubuntu/Debian based distro, you can try this script to get things working.

I also used this script to set up power management and a few other tweaks.

Just make it hibernate after X time (2 hours for me). There a repo of scripts on github (https://github.com/lightrush/framework-laptop-formula) where you might find information on how to do it. I'm sure it's not a 1 to 1 port to Arch, but it might get you started. Just note I had to disable secure boot for hibernate to work.

I don't have a ready and correct guide to point you to for setting it up. It involves setting up hibernate which can be done in multiple different ways then modifying the default "close lid" behavior. I guess you could look up what the source code does. Salt code isn't too complicated to read.

Modern Macs are fine as terminals I suppose, unless you travel a lot or are on metered Internet. If so, then you have a lot of stuff to turn off. See:

https://gist.github.com/mmillar-bolis/dcfb3d1814fb0532eb3c71...

https://github.com/keithbarrett/Mac/blob/master/DisableMacSe...

https://gist.github.com/b0gdanw/40d000342dd1ba4d892ad0bdf03a...

I haven't used a Mac full-time for years, but the straw that broke the camels back for me was when I was traveling through multiple countries (including in New Zealand and on flights) and I could not get my damn Mac to stop sucking down, well, whatever it was doing. The number of default services running seems to have gotten even worse since then by the looks of these scripts...