Which distros are energy efficient? I have a capable desktop, and I mean to push it, but I don’t want to be using energy if it’s not necessary. I’m not looking to rescue an old laptop, for example.
I hear CachyOS is fast. Does that translate to energy efficient?
(Does the OS even matter that much for efficiency?)
So I do suggest you get some sort of energy monitor plug for your desktop and realize that it probably already uses less power than you think it does. I was very surprised at the efficiency once I did that.
i remember hooking ours up to a 10th gen celeron desktop (supposedly 58w cpu).
the whole box doesn’t even hit 20w at the wall under a full load, and it idles awake at about 5w.
i immediately set that one aside for future use to feed media to a tv or run a dietpi or something.