Battery Power when running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS in dual boot
- by Amro A.
This is only a general question in order for me to get a better idea of my dual boot (windows 8 & Ubuntu) systems.
I noticed that every time I run Ubuntu (which is becoming more often) the battery power gets consumed really fast. I am not performing any special tasks at the moment, just getting to know the system, for example, sound settings, watching videos, surfing the net and so on. When I do the same thing in Windows 8 the battery lives a considerable amount of time longer.
Is this something to do with Ubuntu or is it because of the dual boot that I have going on? In other words, if I start running Ubuntu all by itself on my laptop, will it be more power consuming than Windows 8?