Which distros are energy efficient? I have a capable desktop, and I mean to push it, but I don’t want to be using energy if it’s not necessary. I’m not looking to rescue an old laptop, for example.

I hear CachyOS is fast. Does that translate to energy efficient?

(Does the OS even matter that much for efficiency?)

  • adarza@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    very surprised at the efficiency

    i remember hooking ours up to a 10th gen celeron desktop (supposedly 58w cpu).

    the whole box doesn’t even hit 20w at the wall under a full load, and it idles awake at about 5w.

    i immediately set that one aside for future use to feed media to a tv or run a dietpi or something.