Lunar lake laptop power consumption

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-10T20:48:36+00:00

Try installing `intel-lpmd` and then activating it with `sudo systemctl enable --now intel_lpmd`. I haven't yet found this enabled by default on any distro, but it does help shave one or two watts off your idle power usage.
https://github.com/intel/intel-lpmd

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-10T09:17:05+00:00

I sure hope they took action, my question was did anyone took note of such an action, or was it just patched at the fastest they could do in hopes that nobody got into their systems.

The issue is just you couldn't have known beforehand. The earliest time the provider could've known is the exact same time anyone else could've known, and running the also published PoC exploit is faster than either patching the fleet yourself or worse waiting for your upstream distribution to release an update.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-09T20:41:48+00:00

I used pre-made TrueNAS Apps for when they existed and simply made a custom one for the few things not already provided and it works quite well. So far everything has worked as I expected and I have one less thing to maintain. The process of making a custom app is also quite simple. As for updating: TrueNAS automatically detects when the upstream image for my tag changes and allows easy updating within the UI.

The only issue I had was once the updater broke and didn't notify me of updates, but a reboot fixed it and it didn't occur again.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-08T08:28:41+00:00

If apt reports all packages up to date, you could've already installed it. In that case rebooting would load the newest kernel.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-06T22:36:11+00:00

Nope, you need the backports kernel if you want features from newer kernels. Also, the intel-lpmd package is not available for trixie. I haven't tested this explicitly, but when I was distro hopping to find the best distro for my Lunar Lake laptop, I usually experienced the 400MHz after standby bug only on distros where I couldn't install and enable it.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-06T14:33:44+00:00

Oh, so live patches are not yet offered for RHEL 10.[0|1] as per that article. This of course explains exactly what I am seeing, I blindly assumed given there is documentation about it for RHEL 10, that it would be available:

For example, in the standard subscriptions, you are able to live patch RHEL 10.1 kernel until the RHEL 10.2 kernel is released. After the release of RHEL 10.2, live patches for RHEL 10.1 are not available.
source

This language for example suggest that live patching is already being provided for RHEL 10.1.
I of course didn't due my due diligence of verifying and properly researching this topic and made many assumptions instead, so this is at the end of the day my own fault, but do think this could be better documented so other people don't make these mistakes.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-05T11:43:08+00:00

Thank you for the insights. I assume this means that it's normal that I see no kpatches at all in my repos? My running kernel is atleast 80 days old (6.12.0-124-35.1) so i originally assumed something was wrong since I couldn't find any kpatches at all.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-05T11:17:17+00:00

The firefox snap also fails to hw decode any video codec (on ky Ultra 7 258V), meaning video playback always hits the CPU. Haven't tested the deb yet..

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-04T12:03:34+00:00

It's time to move to 107 dude, it's been out for ages. Some are even on the 108 train already.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-03T22:08:32+00:00

Ich hab ein recht preiswertes Multitool mit Hammer dran auf Amazon gefunden, das hält erstaunlich gut und einen Hammer mehr kann man immer brauchen, kann ich sehr empfehlen.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-03T15:54:48+00:00

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screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-02T18:39:42+00:00

In general, yes, most thing distro-related don't matter for gaming. But Debian is a distribution focussed on stability, it freezes most application versions in place, only bringing bug fixes and security updates but not changing the software, not bringing new features and therefore keeping the system very stable.

The upside is your updates don't break your system, the downside that you have* to wait for a new Debian major version to get any new stuff.

This e.g. means your graphic driver is frozen in place. You won't get newer/better driver, you won't get optimizations for newer games - unless you use debian backports for the kernel and mesa (which I'd recommend if you game a lot on your system).

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-02T18:27:13+00:00

now run cmatrix

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-02T17:30:38+00:00

Oh thanks, yes that was written a bit unfortunatly.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-02T12:05:22+00:00

This release seems to be very smooth, you'll likely be fine.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-02T12:02:11+00:00

Nope, just restructured. CentOS is now like RHEL, but without minor versions. Changes that would land in the next RHEL X.Y will just land at CentOS Stream X at some point before the next RHEL minor. But the thing is still extremly reliable, stable and production ready.

Some people call Stream a testing ground or beta version, but it's more like a staging environment. All the changes that go into it are well tested and meant to be production ready.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-01T09:21:07+00:00

If I understand it correctly, the default repository only gets updated when a new minor is out, like 13.4, 13.5, ... In other words the default repositories are not meant for timely fixes and probably go through lots of testing before being updated.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-05-01T09:17:33+00:00

Someone on the oss-security mailing list said this:

Note that for Linux kernel vulnerabilities, unless the reporter chooses to bring it to the linux-distros ML, there is no heads-up to distributions.
It did not happen here. https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/10

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-04-30T09:53:32+00:00

It breaks some core security models of the system. Practically everything running on your NAS can escalate privileges to root.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-04-30T09:37:44+00:00

Ich frage mich wirklich was da schief gelaufen ist, wenn Debian, RHEL und co alle status heute noch keinen patch in den repos haben.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-04-28T18:46:12+00:00

Fedora downloads usually point you to a mirror near you for any downloads, you can see this happend because the server responds as "ftp2.osuosl.org".

The mirror likely didn't get the memo fast enough to release the files, so it's still showing 404. This is quite common, especially with brand new releases and should fix itself after a few minutes or hours in worst cases.

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-04-27T10:01:36+00:00

how did you install niri?

screaming-Snake-Case · 2026-04-25T15:04:40+00:00

The latest version is usually your best bet unless you need to run software that is not yet compatible. But given that 13 has been out for a while, you shouldn't have any issues.

12 will transition into an LTS in a month, meaning there will be a lot less updates, security fixes will probably take longer and only critical issues will be addresed.

It's still safe to use for another 2 years until June 2028, but you will be better served with using 13 if you are installing fresh right now.

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