Boost Changer - PYTHON

‼️ This App is now only for Linux ‼️

❗ This App needs root rights. When and why? ❗

Boost Changer is a tray application and made to control the frequencies of Intel CPUs and AMD CPUs. It can also manage the processor's energy consumption through Energy-Performance Preference.

In generall this app does not need root rights but when you hit the Turn Off or On button a popup window will ask you about your root password.

why?

• In your Kernel there is a file called /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo.

To turn off or on your turbo boost you have to change this file and that is what this app does.

• In your Kernel there is a file called /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct.

when you change the energy performance in Boost Changer you have to change this file and that is what this app does.

📌 This app will only work on a real machine. 📌

What it isn't

This is just a GUI application and it is not meant to replace TLP, powertop or any other power management / energy consumption service. It is meant just to provide quick access to sysfs settings related to Intel Processors and in fact it can run on top of TLP.

Installation

Download, extract and setup

# Download
wget https://github.com/nbebaw/boostchanger-py/releases/download/v0.1.4/boost_changer-0.1.4.tar.gz

# Extract
tar -xvf boost_changer-0.1.4.tar.gz

# Setup
cd boost_changer-0.1.4
sudo ./install.sh

New features for future releases

For v0.2.0

1 = High Prio | 2 = Middle Prio | 3 = Low Prio

Feature	Prio
Make a window of the application as an alternative to the tray	2