I wanted to share my recent journey with Posmarket OS on GNOME Shell, where I pushed my setup to a new level with some overclocking. I set the CPU clock to 2.20 GHz, boosted the GPU to 750 MHz, and switched the Governor to performance mode to see just how far I could take the system’s responsiveness and stability.
Performance Gains:
The most noticeable improvement was in multitasking. GNOME Shell felt exceptionally smooth, even with multiple applications open and animations running. Browsing, coding, and switching between applications was a breeze with no lag whatsoever. The performance mode really kept things steady, ensuring I had consistent processing power on demand.
Temperature and Stability:
With these settings, the temperature was higher than usual but nothing unmanageable. I noticed that the system hovered slightly above typical operating temperatures, but with an efficient cooling setup, I didn’t experience any thermal throttling. Stability was impressive—no crashes, and I didn’t run into any issues with GPU-intensive tasks.
Battery Life:
The downside of performance mode is always power consumption. Battery life did drop, so this setup might be better suited to a plugged-in scenario or with an external battery bank if you need portability.
Conclusion:
Posmarket OS handled this setup impressively, and GNOME Shell’s interface remained fluid and responsive. For anyone looking to get a bit more out of their Posmarket OS device, especially on GNOME Shell, this combination of CPU, GPU overclock, and performance mode governor might be worth exploring—just keep an eye on temperatures and have a good cooling setup.
Would love to hear if anyone else has experimented with overclocking on Posmarket OS!
Happy to share the backed image if you guys want !!
some people on reddit request my image. Here’s my customized uConsole image with Gnome Shell! Username and password are set to uconsole. To unlock full performance mode, just run my post-install script.
Thanks for the work. I’ll check it out once I get my uConsole up and running. You said to ensure you have a good cooling setup. We all have the same device. Did you customize your uConsole cooling setup for this? If so, could you share?
I didn’t have a lot of time to test thoroughly yesterday but I did get it flashed and booted. The only issue I had was on first boot there was no display output. The backlight came on but no display. I let it sit there for 10 mins because I wasn’t sure what it was doing in the background. I force powered it off then powered it back on and then I got the normal boot screen. After that I logged in and setup wifi and looked around in the settings. I like Gnome but I don’t think it works well for the small screen. I have never been a fan of LXDE but I think it works a little better for the uConsole. I didn’t get a chance to apply the performance script yet and it was pretty sluggish without it but not unusable. That would be awesome to be able to use the Orange Pi. What is involved with that? Drivers? Kernel?
