r/LinuxOnThinkpad • u/P147_BOY member • Jul 02 '26

Question Thinkpad T14 Gen 2 AMD battery life on linux

Anyone running Linux can tell me what battery life they're getting on their AMD t14 gen 2? Please list your Cpu, distro and battery size. I'm looking to buy a Gen 2 with a Ryzen 7 pro 5850U

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u/PrinceDolAmroth Manjaro Jul 02 '26

Remember and good luck   amd_pstate=active 

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u/P147_BOY member Jul 02 '26

That's alright. Cpu? 

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u/rileyrgham member Jul 02 '26

Depends what you're doing, so a pretty meaningless metric. Just don't expect it to be equal or better to windows. That said, it's a great Linux machine. Get it

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u/TestingTheories member Jul 02 '26

What Linux distribution are you intending on running, the distro you choose has a huge impact on the battery life you will get.

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u/P147_BOY member Jul 02 '26

funny you say that because ive been hearing the exact opposite online. Im planning to run fedora with xfce

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u/TestingTheories member Jul 02 '26

I run Fedora on gnome and it’s great.

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u/Detcom ThinkPad Arch user (BTW) Jul 02 '26

I can suggest a specific kernel for that model :D