It's now possible to set the laptop's battery charge limit on KDE

[linub]

i haven’t tried it yet to know if it works.
it’s under “advanced power settings”.
i just discovered it,so letting other people know.

[winnie]

Are you on the Stable branch?

Did you install any additional package(s)?

I don’t see any such option. Perhaps it depends on the battery / laptop?

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EDIT: Shucks. My battery doesn’t support it.

sudo tlp-stat --battery

/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/charge_control_start_threshold = (not available) 
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/charge_control_end_threshold   = (not available) 

Battery Limiter on KDE

Please everyone: don’t get overexcited: Most hardware is Defective by design because the manufacturer wants to sell more batteries. This is how you can test your support today: sudo tlp-stat --battery --- TLP 1.3.1 -------------------------------------------- +++ Battery Features: Charge Thresholds and Recalibrate natacpi = inactive (laptop not supported) tpacpi-bat = inactive (laptop not supported) tp-smapi = inactive (laptop not supported) [...] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/cycle_c…

[linub]

@winnie

Are you on the Stable branch?
yes
Did you install any additional package(s)?

no

it looks like this:

How to set battery charging limit in kde?

In the KDE system settings → Power Management → Advanced Power Settings [image]

i remember now seeing this thread before, but at that time i didn’t have this option.

i’ve got an ASUS TUF.