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Bios/Firmware Updates

• Fwupd - simple daemon to allow session software to update device firmware on your local machine. It’s designed for desktops, but also usable on phones and headless servers

• Power Saving Tools (Mostly Laptops)

• TLP - is a feature-rich command line utility for Linux, saving laptop battery power without the need to delve deeper into technical details

Arch Installation

sudo pacman -S tlp

#Enable TLP service
sudo systemctl enable tlp.service

#Start using the service right away (no need to reboot)
sudo systemctl start tlp.service

# Also it is a good idea to mask the service by running
sudo systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.service
sudo systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.socket

• Tlp-rdw - When using the Radio Device Wizard, install tlp-rdw it is required to use NetworkManager and enable it by running

sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager-dispatcher.service

There are also some Front end apps that can be installed to configure TLP check the Arch Wiki TLP Page for more details

• Auto-CPUFreq - Automatic CPU speed & power optimizer for Linux
  • NOTE: Never combine TLP with Auto-CPUFreq only use one at the time, not both