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nubinetwork ◴[18 Jun 24 04:21 UTC] No.40714051[source]▶

>>40712020 (OP) #

Why would I want this? With a properly configured kernel, Intel chips can downclock to somewhere in the 400-800mhz range when idle.

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1. nikanj ◴[18 Jun 24 08:57 UTC] No.40715481[source]▶

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Because the CPU is never idle, there’s always some JS jockey’s piece-of-shit Electron app redrawing in a hot loop, some manic search tool re-indexing all the contents of all mounted drives etc

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Intel-undervolt: CPU undervolting and throttling configuration tool for Linux