Install & Use TLP to Save Battery Power in Fedora 36/37/38
Contents:
• Install TLP
• Start and verify TLP status
• Configure TLP for Specific Requirements
• Configure TLP via third-party tools (graphical)
• TLPUI
• Slimbook Battery
1. Install TLP
TLP is available in most Linux system repositories. So, simply open a terminal window either from
system start menu or by searching in ‘Activities’ overview depends on your desktop environment.
Then, run one of the command below:
- Tlp start
2. Start and verify TLP status
- systemctl enable tlp.service
3. And, start it now so you don’t have to reboot your machine:
- tlp start
To verify the status, use command:
- tlp-stat -s
4. Configure TLP for Specific Requirements
User can configure the /etc/tlp.conf file for specific requirements, such as disable USB auto-suspend,
disable power management for GPU, and more.
- nano /etc/tlp.conf
For each configuration, there are description lines. To enable one of them, remove ‘#‘ at the
beginning, and change the value accordingly.
Press Ctrl+X to quit nano. After saving the changes, you have to run sudo tlp start command to apply
it.
5. Configure TLP via third-party tools (graphical)
TLPUI
Download latest TLPUI (zip or tar.gz) from link below
In you Downloads folder, extract the zip/tarball, right-click on source folder and select ‘Open in
Terminal‘.
- pip install pycairo>=1.18.1 PyGObject>=3.34.0
- python3 -m tlpui