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   Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 04:22:48 JST Jason Evangelho

   I'm doing some battery life testing on the Framework 13 and just discovered that Ubuntu MATE 24.04 retired the Welcome screen. That's really disappointing. I thought that was quite a strength, especially being able to shift desktop layouts/paradigms on the fly.

   New users will really miss that :(

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     Akzel (akzel@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 04:34:17 JST Akzel

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     @killyourfm Was it replaced with anything, or is it just completely gone? Is their Software Boutique gone too? I agree that's disappointing, it was a really nice feature of Ubuntu MATE

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 04:34:17 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Akzel

     @Akzel I haven't seen anything that replaces it. MATE Tweak only has some basic panel and window customizations.

     And Software Boutique was replaced with App Center...

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 05:53:04 JST Jason Evangelho

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     AND it gets an hour less battery life than Fedora 40 using the same rundown test.
     Well, now my disappointment is doubled. I was honestly expecting it to have better power efficiency.

     This is not what I was expecting from Ubuntu MATE based on the times I used it circa 2019/2020.

     Well, let's try Peppermint OS next.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 05:59:40 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Ernie Smith

     @ernie Yea, it feels as if something (I don't know what) has changed with MATE...

     Background on this testing: I'm specifically looking for lightweight / power efficient distros (that still have a nice aesthetic) for long backpacking trips, or just extended periods of time out in nature.

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     Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 05:59:41 JST Ernie Smith

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     @killyourfm Interesting. I am mostly running Nobara GNOME these days and hearing the battery life getting that tanked using such a simple interface is genuinely surprising.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 06:06:14 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Ernie Smith

     @ernie But... I also have an M1 MacBook Pro. Hmm.
     What's your rough workload/activity for that 10+ hours? That's quite good!

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     Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 06:06:15 JST Ernie Smith

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     @killyourfm Not a bad idea. I will note that, if you’re willing to test a different machine, I average 10+ hours on Asahi Fedora Remix on my M1 MacBook Air.

     I get why the Framework is a good choice for this, though.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 06:07:50 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Ernie Smith

     @ernie One note about the Framework though: the standby battery life is the machine's Achilles heel. It drains about 1% per hour, which is awful.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 07:24:39 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Ernie Smith

     @ernie OK, awesome! Then it's definitely time to finally try Linux on Apple Silicon!

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     Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 07:24:40 JST Ernie Smith

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     @killyourfm Watching videos, surfing, and screwing around on various projects. It’s a laze-about machine. (I use an HP Envy as my main machine, mostly because of screen size.) Probably wouldn’t get that playing a game. But the GPU optimizations the Asahi team have made it equivalent to running on MacOS battery-wise.