Correctly setting up a t490 for linux

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  • TLP

    TLP - Optimize Linux Laptop Battery Life

  • As someone else mentioned I'd also recommend using tlp, even if it's only to set up battery charge thresholds in order to prolong your battery life: https://github.com/linrunner/TLP

  • thinkfan

    The minimalist fan control program

  • Furthermore I'd also highly recommend setting up custom fan curves with thinkfan or an equivalent: https://github.com/vmatare/thinkfan Default fan curves on Lenovo machines are way to aggressive. Imho it's perfectly fine to have the fan not running at all until the CPU reaches ~55°C. This will ensure that the machine is completely silent on lighter workloads.

  • InfluxDB

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  • undervolt

    Undervolt Intel CPUs under Linux

  • Last but not least and if you're feeling like it I'd also recommend undervolting the CPU. This will a) prolong battery life and b) reduce the need for active cooling even more: https://github.com/georgewhewell/undervolt It's not harmful, the biggest "danger" is having an unstable machine that crashes so you have to figure out how low you can go. Around -100mV is achievable by most CPUs however. If you're running truly mission critical tasks then of course you shouldn't make use of undervolting. Otherwise it's something I'd always set up.

  • solus-sc

    Solus Software Center

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