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What kind of power consumption tests would you like to see across #Windows and various #Linux distros?
Some ideas I have so far:
1: Proprietary vs #FOSS: Outlook vs Thunderbird, MS Word vs @libreoffice Writer, etc. (Have more pairs to suggest?)
2: Power savings when #gaming at native 4K versus using AMD FSR.
3: Idle/Load power usage of KDE, GNOME, Xfce, MATE, etc.
4: Power usage across various form factors (Tower/Desktop PC vs Laptop vs #SteamDeck)
YOUR IDEAS HERE 
@killyourfm @libreoffice I think we should collect all these ideas and then figure out a way to automate the testing under very specific conditions. What I mean is that we should probably try to change one variable at a time, we could probably come out with some sort of benchmark performing some sort of standardized test, ideally
@baldpolnareffart Automating is way beyond my skillset. Is that something you can do?
@killyourfm Not really, at least in a reasonable amount of time. I wonder if someone like @phoronix could do something similar, it would be interesting. Then we could easily collect more data in a standardized way and do a better quality analysis
@baldpolnareffart @phoronix I'm not POSITIVE, but I think Phoronix Test Suite relies on the sys.power system sensor being available. I have two systems right in front of me where it's not.
You can find our your system's sensors by running:
$ phoronix-test-suite system-sensors
@killyourfm @phoronix
Do you have a machine that you could exclusively dedicate to testing? I would focus on a single device first, isolating variables would be way harder if we started randomly collecting data from different machines.
Oh, another idea to add to the notes, running a test (any, once we define something), both on an SSD and a hard drive, those spinning disks should be more power hungry if I'm not mistaken
@baldpolnareffart @phoronix I have two devices that would be ideal candidates: one is a Thelio, and the other is a 17" laptop with a dedicated Nvidia GPU. (The other laptops I have just don't pack a good gaming punch, and personally that's something I want to test extensively).
I'll look into their sensor capabilities this weekend.
PS: sys.power availability makes this possible -> https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/05/06/benchmarked-the-most-power-efficient-ubuntu-19-04-flavor-will-surprise-you/?sh=2cbcf426e341
@killyourfm @phoronix Very cool! Alright, I would probably start with the Thelio. Just send me an email with all the notes and let's try to figure something out!