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It started as an experiment to get off the Windows 11 train wreck for me and now I can't imagine ever going back. Linux is so far ahead, it's not even a competition.
I mean that’s a bit of a general statement. But Some distros are very good, for laptops however? Power management is a chore and most fixes for that don’t work that well on either Bluefin or Bazzite.
I get 10+ hours on Aurora-DX + AMD laptop. I think AMD might be the part which makes the big difference.
No special config, just out of the box.