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auto-cpufreq Is A New CPU Speed And Power Optimizer For Linux Its developer says that auto-cpufreq was born because you can't automatically set the CPU governor - you can set it to performance or powersave, but you can't switch between these automatically, depending on the battery status, CPU load or temperature. It's worth noting that auto-cpufreq doesn't interfere with TLP, another tool to extend the battery life on laptops running Linux. So if you have it installed, you can continue using it without any issues. Linux CPU Speed And Power Optimizer auto-cpufreq Can Now Enable Turbo Boost Based On The CPU Temperature Adnan Hodzic's Blog -developer of auto-cpufreq I gave the tool a try out on my Arch desktop pc so can not say if it extends battery life for sure but I recon it will. If you look at the two screenshots you can see it reporting vastly different cpu states as I am running Boinc for the World Communityy Grid running stuff to help out with the covid-19 virus vaccination.