Install slimbook app, battery saver for Ubuntu. This app helps to improve battery life in Ubuntu Linux Systems. Slimbook Battery 3 is the application developed by Slimbook to optimize battery of laptops.
The app comes with the integration with other applications, services and drivers like TLP, intel_pstate, AMD and NVIDIA. This means that this application it’s not only compatible with SLIMBOOK computers but with other brands and computer manufacturers that works with Ubuntu and derivatives.
The application implements three different energy modes: «energy saving», «balanced» and «maximum performance». Each energy mode comes with default values but the user is allowed to change the most important values, to adjust or avoid errors in their hardware.
The energy save applications like TLP are based on “If I don’t using it and consumes, I better turn it off”. In this way the consumption of resources is reduced when the computer uses the battery. Slimbook Battery 3 uses this premise as a source of energy saving.
Install slimbook app
Run the following commands in terminal to install slimbook app on Ubuntu
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt update
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:slimbook/slimbook
sudo apt update
sudo apt install slimbookbattery
Once installed, open Slimbook app from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal.
Slimbook Battery: Main menu
Slimbook Battery contains:
- The first three buttons are used to switch between the different
energy saving modes (Energy saving, balanced y maximum performace). The
following should be taken into account:
- When an energy saving mode is selected, authentication will be requested. If we do not introduce it, the application will not change to the desired saving mode.
- The indicator icon of the bar will change color to the corresponding one with its mode: green (Energy saving), blue (Balanced) and orange (Maximum performance).
- We will know that the application is not using any mode because our bar indicator icon will be gray.
- The fourth button (Off) will allow us to deactivate the energy saving mode that is being used at that moment. When is selected authentication will be requested and when we are authenticated, our bar indicator icon will turn gray. Our laptop will use normal resources and have a normal power consumption, if we use this button.
- The fifth button (Advanced mode) will open the application preferences window of the application to be able to configure it. We can also view battery information and information about the application. Later, we will discuss in detail about this.
- The last button (Exit) allows us to close the application and deactivates any energy saving mode that was active at that moment. It will ask us for authentication in case some energy saving mode is working.
You also have an “Advanced Mode” that will allow you to configure each of the 3 predefined modes.
Slimbook Battery: Advanced mode
When selecting the Advanced mode option in the menu, a window will open where we will have different tabs to configure the different parameters offered by Slimbook Battery:
- General configuration tab (General):
- Power On / Off: Enables or disables the use of the current energy saving mode to return to the normal power consumption of the laptop.
- Autostart application: Enables or disables Slimbook Battery autostart and TLP autostart with the system.
- Actual energy mode: You can choose the energy mode that you want to use, in case you decide to turn on the Slimbook Battery.
- Working mode in case of battery failure: In case the power supply that is being used is not detected, it defines with what configuration it works (AC or Battery)
- Icon on the taskbar: Shows or hides the bar indicator icon. This action requires that the application be rebooted to be applied. If the user hides the icon while the application is running and wants to access Advanced Mode to modify some configuration, the user has a shortcut called Slimbook Battery Preferences.
- Hibernate system after 3 hours in suspension: If the system is suspended and takes a total of 3 hours, it will automatically start to hibernate to save energy.
It also has a tab named “Battery” . It shows laptop battery information
Here you will see the different information obtained about the battery that the laptop has connected. If any of the parameters aren’t identified shown, “Unknown” will appear. The parameters that are shown are the following:
- Battery device: Name given by the system to identify the battery.
- Manufacturer: Brand of the battery that has installed our laptop.
- Battery model: Model of the battery that has installed our laptop.
- Technology:Technology that uses the battery.
- Remaining battery: Current percentage of laptop battery.
- Maximum capacity: The maximum battery percentage that the laptop can contain.
- Status: Battery status, charging or discharging.
- Time to full/empty: Remaining time for full charge or full discharge, depending on the state of the battery.
- Rechargeable: Indicates whether the battery is rechargeable or not.
- Power supply: Indicates if the charger is connected.
- Energy full: Indicates the capacity (whatts) of the battery when it is charged.
- Energy full design: It indicates the maximum capacity (whatts) that should reach as much to extend the life of the battery.
- Energy rate: Indicates the rate (whatts) of the battery capacity.
- Voltage: Indicates the battery voltage.
- Last update of the battery information: Indicates the last update date of the battery information.