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Alternatives to xfce power manager (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been using i3 for a while now, but the xfce power manager doesn't work outside the desktop environment, is there any alternative you can recommend? It doesn't matter if it is a terminal based or graphical interface program, I just need something that can suspend the computer after a certain time or lock it when the laptop is closed

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

In a nutshell TLP's default settings are optimized for battery life upon installation, allowing you to further tweak/adjust to your needs. Whereas acpitool analyzes, but doesn't optimize without your input.

As for notifications, I don't believe either package provides them, especially since they're both cli tools (TLP has a gui, TLPUI)

As for notifications, a bash script similar to this would work:

ac_adapter=$(acpi -a | cut -d' ' -f3 | cut -d- -f1) if [ "$ac_adapter" = "on" ]; then notify-send "AC Adapter" "The AC Adapter is on." else notify-send "AC Adapter" "The AC Adapter is off." fi