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this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2023
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Of all the tools you mentioned the only thing I use is tlp on laptops. I've never felt the need to run something like stacer, it looks like it claims to do what you're looking for, beyond that I would just address your specific concerns. If you have a job that's running periodically that consumes too much CPU maybe you should schedule it for when you are not using the computer, or see if you can throttle it.
Uninstall apps you're not using if your laptop is overloaded. Maybe consider a buying a new one if you need more performance or battery life.
Keep in mind Linux is not Windows and modern Windows doesn't really need all the "optimization" people think it does anyway.
What specific issues are you having?
Oh man I've done a lot of research on various performance issues and I end up wormholing and getting even more confused. Hence why it would preferably be nice to have tools to do it for me lol. I've had many random issues over the years; errors, freezes, overheating, high CPU and/or ram usage when I'm seemingly doing nothing but browsing the web (normal browsing, nothing intensive), overall slow downs or crashes, not to mention WiFi issues. I've trouble shot that to death and could never get anywhere so I installed a freaking Ethernet jack the other day in my living room, where I typically use my laptop. I'm just looking for tools to monitor and ensure things are running as they should and to help optimize in real time, so like daemon programs I suppose. Whenever I run into a serious enough issue that I can't troubleshoot, I just end up wiping my drive and reinstalling a new distro. Thats not the ideal way of troubleshooting haha