I recently tried a XFCE Linux Mint version hoping it would be more efficient with battery runtime than Windows 10, but it seemed like it only got 6-7 hours compared to 8-9 of Windows 10. Any settings I should switch to optimize battery runtime? The first thing I usually do is keep brightness at minimum, set the screen to turn off if inactive for 1 minute or 2, turn off hard drive after 5 minutes of inactivity, all settings to maximize battery life and minimize performance, I have most everything disabled within startup so there are less unneeded background processes running wasting battery life. Anything else I can try? What is the other version of Linux that will optimize battery life? I tried Debian but it seemed so unlike Linux Mint I gave up after a few hours. It was claimed to be one of the most efficient version of Linux but it seemed to drop 1^ of battery life every 10 minutes.
Honestly? It all depends on what you are doing with it as to how long your battery lasts. I personally have not done much testing for battery time with any of them. I am usually static and plugged in. My mobile use/need on battery is extremely limited, maybe 15 minutes to 30 minutes at a time and then I am off and running again until I get home and plug in. I did find Debian and Fedora to be heavy on the CPU load though. Load means more power needed. Even the websites you use can make a difference. Like the FR is light and doesn’t need much CPU to load. But loading a site like Youtube takes a lot of CPU load even if you do not play the video. Just the page alone has so many elements that have to be processed it is extremely heavy.