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dijit
on Oct 17, 2021
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Automatic CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux
Wayland doesn't constantly redraw the window (this is why pycharm had issues with Xwayland) so you already have this benefit if you're on Wayland.
1kurac
on Oct 17, 2021
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That's just about redrawing. It does nothing about other, potentially unwanted process background CPU use.
ComputerGuru
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Many apps (esp electron) use CPU regardless of whether they’re redrawing the actual desktop window or not.
account42
on Oct 18, 2021
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> Wayland doesn't constantly redraw the window
Neither do X11 programs (well the ones that care about power effienciency anyways, so not games).
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