Battery Drains Fast.
I'm using a Sony Vaio E series SVE1513BYNB, just Installed a Fedora 27, But I found out that the battery is draining too fast. I'm a newbie to Linux.
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It looks like that laptop has a Radeon graphics chipset, so the included drivers are the best for that. How much power you use depends a lot on what you are doing on the laptop. You can try installing and running powertop to get an idea of what is using the power and some suggestions on what you can do to correct it. You could also check out tlp, but that is a more advanced utility.
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Asked: 2018-04-08 08:09:24 -0500
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Last updated: Apr 09 '18
Why do you say it's draining too fast? Are you comparing it to something else?
I don't know why it's draining fast, comparing?? yes with windows. I have also read that, not having the suitable drivers also a reason for it, I'm not having proprietary drivers for my system. Because the manufacturer doesn't have it. I don't know comparing it with windows is correct.
Comparing it with Windows was what I ask wondering about. It can provide an approximate reference, but as I mentioned below, it depends a lot on what you're doing with it. A somewhat similar comparison would be if you charge the laptop fully, then just let it idle for an hour or two and see how much the battery goes down. Try it with Windows and Fedora (first charging it fully each time) and see what the difference is.
You can install Fedora 28; It new version solves various problems in battery...
As suggested below, I will try using Powertop, and if nothing works, I will go for Fedora 28 as you suggested, thank you Sir.