Power Options

Power Options is the most feature complete and performant GUI battery saving application for Linux.

Power Options generates profiles manually based on your system so that you don’t have to touch anything if you don’t want to. For a list of default configurations please refer to this page

Available Frontends/Interfaces

Native GTK Frontend

Simple, lightweight, and native with a straightforward interface. Recommended for most users.

GTK Slideshow

WebKit Frontend

Offers more advanced options and greater control. Recommended for advanced users and those looking to use Power Options alongside other power management solutions.

Webview Slideshow

Features

Power options was made based on a recollection of all the tips and recommendations from the biggest linux wikis and guides as well as other power saving applications. Some examples include:

  • https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Power_management
  • https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Power_management/Guide
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_management
  • https://github.com/supplantr/ftw
  • https://github.com/linrunner/TLP
  • https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq
  • https://github.com/vagnum08/cpupower-gui

Power Option includes the following features:

  • More profile types than alternatives
  • Can smartly generate profiles by analyzing the user’s system.
  • System Sleep Options (suspend, screen turn off)
  • CPU Options
  • Individual CPU Core Options. Most power saving tools lack this option and was one of the main motivations for this project.
  • Screen Options
  • Options for disabling radio components (e.g Bluetooth, WiFi, NFC)
  • Network Options. Allows WAY greater control than alternative applications, but does require network driver reload. Limited to Intel network cards that use iwlwifi.
  • ASPM Options
  • PCI Options
  • USB Options
  • SATA Options
  • Kernel Options
  • Firmware settings
  • Audio Options
  • GPU Options
  • Intel Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) settings

Installation

Refer to the install page