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We can also view battery information and information about the application. The fifth button (Advanced mode) will open the application preferences window of the application to be able to configure it.

Our laptop will be back to normal power consumption,

The fourth button (Off) will allow us to deactivate the energy saving mode that is being used at that moment.

We will know that the application is not using any mode when our bar indicator icon is gray.

The indicator icon of the bar will change color to the corresponding one with its mode: green (Energy saving), blue (Balanced) and orange (Maximum performance).

The following should be taken into account:

The first three buttons are used to switch between the different energy saving modes (Energy saving, balanced and maximum performance).

This app has been tested in desktops: Unity, GNOME, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon and Pantheon. Now, you can start the application, and select a "energy profile" in the trayicon.

#Linux battery status install

Now we will execute the next command to install the application: sudo apt-get install slimbookbattery You can also do it in a Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:slimbook /slimbookīy doing this we will have added the Slimbook repositories. You can download Slimbook Battery from our application download center for Linux with our repositories in Launchpad.

#Linux battery status how to

How to install Slimbook Battery in our system? Visit ourĪnnouncement: Support the development of our apps by joining our Patreon and get early access to new app releases and exclusive goodies The energy saving applications like TLP focus on reducing power consumption when the computer is in battery mode, by disabling extra options that are not being used. Each energy mode comes with default values, but the user is allowed to change the most important values, to adjust or avoid errors in their hardware. The application implements three different energy modes: «energy saving», «balanced» and «maximum performance». This means that this application is not just compatible with Slimbook laptops, but also with many other different computer brands and manufacturers who work with Ubuntu and derivatives.

In this version, this simple application offers a wide range of possibilities, thanks to it’s integration of other applications, services and drivers, such as TLP, Intel_pstate, AMD and NVIDIA.

Show warning if device has been plugged to AC more than 15 days.

Here are some of the most visible changes: Slimbook Battery 4 is the new version of the application to control and increase the battery life of laptops. QFile bCap("/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity") ĪcLine.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text) ĪcAdp.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text) īCap.Slimbook Battery 4: application to optimize your laptop's battery QFile acAdp("/sys/class/power_supply/ADP0/online") QFile acLine("/sys/class/power_supply/AC/online") I can not guarantee that other devices will name their files there exactly the same. therefore I could just read the relevant files in sys/class/power_supply/.

#Linux battery status code

In my case I code for only one special device type and a known set of development machines. Even though user vahanchos answer was helpful for me, and probably is the way to go for others, I ended up with a different solution.