Only receiving maximum 2 hours of battery life

[fsflover]

@arkhamalert

2 hours of battery life.

Is this normal? If not, how can I fix it?

How long is your battery life on a regular Linux distribution? One of the reasons is this:

@fsflover

Some graphical tasks are quite slow and/or require a lot of CPU resources. I guess this is because AppVMs use a software-only (CPU-based) implementation of OpenGL. It seems one cannot do much about it, since it’s necessary for Qubes OS GUI isolation. Related issue

If all your tasks require the GPU then your battery life will drastically decrease.