[Nottingham] Looking for a new Linux laptop

[Jason Irwin]

On 23/05/16 15:36, Graham Dicker via Nottingham wrote:
> A healthy battery is crucial because the machine is for use with an SLR camera
> far away from mains electricity.
At the risk of being shot on sight at the next meet; my understanding is 
that due to OEM optimisations, Windows will return a longer run time on 
batteries by some margin.

Although I have little doubt that if you are willing to spend the time, 
you might be able improve things.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/improve-battery-life-linux
(I know you intend to use OpenSuSE, this is just an example)

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