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I have now filed a bug report about the web version of #Element (the flagbearing #Matrix client) constantly using/waking my CPU while it is unfocused in a background tab in Firefox: github.com/element-hq/element-

I'm hoping I'm not the only one observing this issue, and that some power saving improvements can be made, because to me this would look like a big drain on battery life for modern #laptops that *need* you to let their CPUs sleep while idle.

Linux 6.15 will support ASUS Zenbook A14

ASUS Zenbook A14 is an ARM64-based laptop that uses the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon X chipset (either X1-26-100 or X1P-42-100 with 45 TOPS). ASUS considers it as a Copilot+ PC that weighs under 1 kg and promises up to 32 hours of battery life. The laptop features a 1920×1200 14-inch OLED display, 16 GB or 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and 512 GB or 1 TB of NVMe storage. It runs Windows 11 as a primary operating system.

As for the chassis, the Ceraluminum chassis is a military-grade US MIL-STD 810H standard to ensure that your laptop is the toughest. Right now, it only supports Windows, but open source developers are working towards opening support for this laptop to run Linux efficiently.

Linux 6.15 ensures that this happens by adding support for this laptop. Right now, support is similar to other Snapdragon X1-based laptops, which means that the following features are not expected to work: (listed below is the abovementioned laptop in this case)

  • Audio (Speakers/microphones/headphone jack)
  • Camera (OmniVision OV02C10)
  • HDMI (Parade PS185HDM)
  • EC

The following features have been added to support said laptop as of this patch series:

  • Keyboard
  • Touchpad
  • NVME
  • Lid switch
  • Camera LED
  • eDP (FHD OLED, SDC420D) with brightness control
  • Bluetooth, WiFi (WCN6855)
  • USB Type-A port
  • USB Type-C ports in USB2/USB3/DP (both orientations)
  • aDSP/cDPS firmware loading, battery info
  • Sleep/suspend, nothing visibly broken on resume

However, the key differences were:

  • Wifi/Bluetooth combo being Qualcomm FastConnect 6900 on UX3407QA and Qualcomm FastConnect 7800 on UX3407RA
  • USB Type-C retimers are Parade PS8833, appear to behave identical to Parade PS8830
  • gpio90 is TZ protected

However, those additions are currently under review and will land to the main Linux 6.15 branch once accepted.

Cover image by ASUS

A recent study shows that people in a simulated work environment who couldn’t easily reach their smartphone ended up distracting themselves with their laptop instead. Experts say it’s not the devices causing the distraction, but how we’ve been trained to constantly check them. To reduce digital distraction, we need to change how we use all our devices.

#digitaldistraction #smartphones #laptops #workproductivity #technologyhabits #mindfultech #workfocus #deviceuse #stayproductive

abc.net.au/news/health/2025-03

ABC News · Ditching your smartphone won't stop you being distracted, study findsBy Anna Salleh

From my perspective, the #RyzenAI HX 390 MAX series has a very bad value proposition over $1,000.

- For #Gaming, you have RTX 4060M **LAPTOPS** at $800 with a decent CPU.
- For #AI, you can make a good PC for $1,500.
- For battery life, there is a thing called a MacBook.

That's probably why they're not being pushed to the market so hard. Pricing wise, it doesn't make sense.

#AMD#Ryzen#Zen5

Which #laptops and #smartphones are easiest to repair? See the rankings.

Have an Asus or an Apple computer? Or maybe a Samsung phone? Check out where your device lands in terms of #repairability.

By Matt Binder on February 21, 2025

"Do you have a computer or smartphone that's easy to repair? Or, when your laptop or phone needs service, will you be forced to buy a whole new device?

"A new report from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund takes a look at just how repairable laptops and smartphones are from some of the biggest computer companies in the world and graded them with a repairability score."

Read more:
mashable.com/article/laptop-sm
#RightToRepair #SolarPunkSunday #Technology #PlannedObsolescence

Mashable · Which laptops and smartphones are easiest to repair? See the rankings.By Matt Binder

- What problem do you have?
- It gets very hot, and fans are very loud.
- What's the brand of the laptop?
- NEMO
- Nemo? Like in "Finding Nemo?"
- Yes
- Not Acer, ASUS, MSI, Lenovo... just "NEMO"?
- Yes, I 've already told you.
- Are you sure madam?
- Yes, very sure.
- And... how do you know is "NEMO"?
- When I turn it on it reflects the brand on the wall.

#Laptops#Laptop#HP