Linux

48343 readers

432 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Energy Efficient X Compositors? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Hi! I'm currently using XFCE on my laptop, I was previously using Compify as my compositor (XFWM is quite rough), but stopped when I noticed I could no longer get through the day on one charge. My battery life doubled when switching back to XFWM. So I was wondering if anyone knows of any X compositors that have a focus on energy efficiency?

To declare the elephant in the room, I would use Wayland if the only two desktops that properly support it weren't trying to be entire operating systems themselves. I can't use standalone compositors like Sway or River because I need this laptop for school, I can't be configuring it constantly, I simply don't have the time.

I'm aware that XFCE is working on Wayland support, and I'm patient enough to wait if there are no compositors like I'm describing. XFWM isn't the end of the world.

Thanks for your time :)

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

@demesisx @UmbraTemporis Yes seems like picom is designed with resource-efficiency in mind. And actively developed: https://github.com/yshui/picom