Arch Linux laptop power — suspend, battery, and charging

Arch Linux laptop power — suspend, battery, and charging

I recently got a new laptop, (well — not new, but new to me), a HP ZBook 15 G5. After installing Arch Linux and the i3 wm I spend some time setting up power management, suspend on idle, and figuring out the state of the battery.

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Replacing the OptiPlex 9010 SFF CMOS battery

Replacing the OptiPlex 9010 SFF CMOS battery

I have two Dell OptiPlex 9010 SFF computers, and one of them have been unused and unplugged for a long time. So long in fact that the CMOS battery is now dead. But replacing it was simple.

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