Expanding battery charge control support in Linux

Posted on ma 04 augustus 2025 in kernel • Tagged with Linux, Kernel development, upower

Since GNOME 48, users can now preserve their battery health directly from GNOME Settings. Currently, this feature only works on laptops that support both start and end charge thresholds, such as ThinkPads. Ideally, we’d like to support every laptop with any form of charge threshold control but that isn't …


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GNOME battery charge control

Posted on zo 28 januari 2024 in Linux • Tagged with GNOME, UPower, Kernel

As someone who has to use a laptop for work, I keep my laptop plugged in 8 hours or more a day, 7 days a week. The laptop's battery during these days would discharge and charge, slowly degrading the battery because only the last ~ 20% would be charged and discharged …


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