Intel's LessWatts offers energy-saving forum for Linux shops
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| Michael Larabel, the founder of Phoronix, a Web site that reports on the
| testing Linux of hardware, said the most helpful tool on LessWatts is
| PowerTop. "PowerTop is easy to use and can noticeably extend your notebook's
| battery life," said Larabel, a Linux software developer. "It does a good job
| [of] eliminating the processes most users can do without." Its only
| shortcoming is that it doesn't explain the commands or their impact, he said.
| Nevertheless, PowerTop is a must-have for any mobile Linux user, he added.
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1311466,00.html
Benchmarking Linux
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| Knowing how to measure your own computer performance gives you mighty system
| and network tuning powers. It's also fun to run various benchmarks on
| commercial products because most of them forbid publishing any kind of
| benchmark results--but they can't stop you from talking to friends.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3743221
How we tested password security products
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| Each product was tested on a gigabit Ethernet switched network containing
| servers running Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition, FreeBSD 5.0, Red Hat
| Enterprise Linux 5 and Novell SUSE Enterprise Server 10 (all patched to
| current revisions). Two products, e-DMZ PAR and Symark PowerKeeper, were
| supplied on appliances, and we installed Quest Privilege Manager for Unix on
| VMware ESX Server on a Dell 1950 server and Cyber-Ark on VMware ESX Server on
| an HP585G2 server. The VMware ESX servers were also used to house target
| servers under the control of the products.
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http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=9667F3B3-17A4-0F78-315467B2D72016C1
Recent:
Phoronix Test Suite 0.3.0 Released
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| Less than two weeks ago Phoronix Test Suite 0.2.0 was released, which
| featured a number of profile updates, improved Linux hardware detection, and
| incorporating other feedback voiced by the initial users of this Linux
| benchmarking suite. Last Saturday version 0.2.1 was then released with
| initial support for PTS External Dependencies, a GLMark profile, GtkPerf
| profile, FRAC Benchmark profile, and other fixes. Continuing in an expedited
| development process, Phoronix Test Suite 0.3.0 has been released this morning
| with a number of major changes, including new test profiles and architectural
| improvements.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=pts_030&num=1
Web-based Linux benchmarking site debuts
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| Timesys has joined up with information services company TechInsights to
| announce an online service for Linux developers wishing to benchmark their
| software on specific hardware targets. BenchLab.com combines the TechInsights
| VirtuaLab online lab environment with the Timesys DIY LinuxLink development
| environment.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9679103762.html
Fat, fatter, fattest: Microsoft’s kings of bloat
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| Our tests show that Windows Vista and Office 2007 not only smash Redmond’s
| previous records for weight gain, but given the same hardware diet, run at
| less than half the speed of generation XP
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/14/16TC-winoffice-performance_1.html
Putting Windows On A Diet ... To Compete With Linux
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| How scared is Microsoft of Linux? There's a hint or two of its fear in the
| fact that MS is preparing a special slim-and-trim version of Windows XP,
| within the next month or two, to run specifically on Asus's Eee PC. You'd
| think maybe it could have done this slimming-down sooner -- something that
| Linux already does without breaking a sweat.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/04/putting_windows.html
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