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iria Registered Member Posts 40 Karma 0 OS	Power Tests Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:43 am Kubuntu 11.04 with the KDE SC 4.6 desktop consumes the most power and by a noticeable margin. Kubuntu 11.04 with KDE and KWin consumed roughly 10% more power than Ubuntu 11.04 with the Unity desktop and Compiz window manager. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a ... ower&num=1 Maybe it's time to fix this? Not very optimistic for KDE Mobile.
einar Administrator Posts 3402 Karma 7 OS	Re: Power Tests Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:18 am I'm wary of any "test" coming out from Phoronix. Aside the methodology, for drawing esitmates that are truly reliable you need a sufficiently large sample. "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." Plasma FAQ maintainer - Plasma programming with Python
iria Registered Member Posts 40 Karma 0 OS	Re: Power Tests Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:22 am einar wrote:I'm wary of any "test" coming out from Phoronix. Me too. But whether we like it or not, this test will go round the internet. Tests like this (power, memory usage) doing bad publicity for KDE.