Linux Kernel Performance Improvements
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| This also points out one of the major differences, both philosophical and
| practical, between Microsoft and Linux. Microsoft had no qualms whatsoever
| about releasing Vista, an update to Windows that required the vast majority
| of their user base to either replace their existing computers or at least
| significantly upgrade them. Microsoft figures that bigger, ever more resource
| intensive operating systems and applications are no problem since there is
| always newer, faster hardware out there. Linux developers, OTOH, know full
| well that even on the newest hardware there is good reason to have the most
| efficient, sleekest, fastest code possible so long as functionality is not
| sacrificed. The more efficient the code the more you can do with the system,
| period. For companies and individuals on a budget the fact that investments
| in older hardware can be leveraged for a longer period of time doesn’t hurt
| either.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2007/07/linux_kernel_performance_impro.html
Why Windows doesn't get used in airplanes:
http://www.micom.net/oops/WindowsPanel.jpg
Related:
How Green Is Your PC? Zonbu's Open Source Alternative
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| Because the Zonbox design includes a low-power consuming chip from Via
| Technologies, and no hard drive or fan, it requires less energy. It uses a 4
| GB flash drive instead of a hard-disk drive for storing files, photos and
| music, in addition to the 25 GB of storage capacity available for the monthly
| service via Amazon's S3 service. It also comes with 20 open source
| applications pre-loaded.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/58497.html
GNU/Linux is the most power-efficient OS on Intel hardware
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| According to a keynote given at OSCON, Intel's PowerTOP application has
| allowed developers to get a close-up view of what is sucking power in a
| GNU/Linux system. Apparently they've gotten so much feedback and patches that
| they've been able to extend battery life by an hour since the first release,
| making GNU/Linux the best OS for power saving.
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http://digg.com/linux_unix/GNU_Linux_is_the_most_power_efficient_OS_on_Intel_hardware
Report: Linux, open source greener than Windows
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| A new report from the U.K. Office of Government Commerce about Open
| Source Software Trials in Government, has found that servers running
| Linux could combat the rising problem of e-waste because they last
| up to twice as long as machines running Windows.
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1246762,00.html?track=sy184
http://tinyurl.com/38cge3
Is 'green' software possible?
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| He suggests using software such as Puppy Linux, a low resource version of
| Linux, and Portable Apps, a service-based approach to delivering
| applications.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/07/21/green_software_possibility/
16,000 Linux computers delivered - for free
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| With his non-profit organization called Alameda County Computer Resource
| Center, he built up a volunteer organization, collects donated stuff from the
| companies who provide them, strips any proprietary OS and software off the
| drives, re-installs everything with Linux and free applications, and then
| gives them to schools or other not-for-profit organizations or individuals
| without too much cash.
|
| A great man with a great mission. CNN called him a hero already.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/89792/index.html
WEEE directive threatens Microsoft OEM sales
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| There's a possibility Microsoft may well dump the OEM scheme and that
| could prompt small firms that don't want to be WEEEing to install Linux
| or even pirate OSes.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40305
Consumer electronics vs. Planet Earth
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| several makers of Linux-based thin-client devices have begun
| touting their devices as environmentally-friendly alternatives
| to standard desktop PCs. Meanwhile, several companies are
| working to build Linux-based network computers for home users,
| including Zonbu, Linutop, and Thinteknix.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7932130737.html
Apple has toxic core: Greenpeace
,----[ Quote ]
| Despite Apple's launch of the eco-friendly iPhone last week,
| Greenpeace is demanding an environmental revolution that will
| shake the company to its core.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/16/greenpeace_slams_apple/
Vista poses environmental dangers
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| Microsoft Vista could have serious environmental implications,
| experts have warned.
|
| The latest version of Windows uses encryption methods that are
| incompatible with some older PCs. It also features high-end
| graphics capabilities that can only run on newer hardware.
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http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2174400/vista-poses-environmental
Greenpeace: Vista could trigger a deluge of electronic waste
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| Beau Baconguis of the Southeast Asia section of the environmental
| protection organization Greenpeace has warned that the introduction
| by Microsoft of its new operating system Windows Vista might as a
| side effect trigger a deluge of electronic waste (E-waste). "With
| Vista, Microsoft could effectively hasten the obsolesence of half
| the world's PCs, especially in the absence of fully-functioning
| global take back systems for PCs," Ms. Baconguis declared.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/84816/from/rss09
Vista gets slated - by the Greens
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| The Green Party has slammed Microsoft and it's forthcoming operating
| system, Windows Vista, in a withering attack on the company's "monopoly".
|
| Microsoft not only takes criticism for allegedly environmentally
| unfriendly policies, but for attacking civil liberties.
|
| The party claims that "Vista gives Microsoft the ability to lock
| you out of your computer," and that "Microsoft are determined not
| to play fair" in the video content market.
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http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/news.php?id=107813
Use GNU/Linux and help save the planet
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| Are Windows users, not by choice, the worst polluters of the planet
| relative to GNU/Linux? Well, not intentionally but the lifecycle of
| a machine running Windows must be shorter than that of a
| conscientious Linux user who can prevent that old 400MHZ Celeron PC
| with 128MBs of memory gathering dust in the corner from heading for
| the scrapheap.
|
| [...]
|
| The Chinese have a saying: the journey of a thousand miles begins
| with the first step. Reusing a puffing and wheezing old computer
| by installing a minimal GNU/Linux distro and staving off the day
| when it trudges forlornly to the scrapheap is at least a baby step
| in the right direction.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/use_gnu_linux_and_help_save_the_planet
http://www.kuteev.ru/ph10/edf4.jpg
Computers in schools are an environmental time-bomb
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| Schools are using computers as room
| heaters which then need to be cooled using expensive air conditioning
| and Modern thin-client networks could reverse this trend and are
| available from the Open Source community and vendors of proprietary
| software today.
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http://opensourceblog.itproportal.com/?p=213
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