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More reasons to use Linux: How green is Linux?
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| * First of all there's the tickless kernel
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| The tickless mode is an option in the newest kernels keeping power
| consumption low by having the processor staying asleep, in the normal
| state the kernel is waking up the processor on an automated interval.
| With the tickless kernel it's possible to wake the processor only when
| there's a real need for it. Effectively saving on power consumption in
| notebooks and servers alike.
| * Better virtualization support
|
| Which brings me to my second point, the tickless kernel brings great
| benefit in virtualized environments.
|
| [...]
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http://www.handlewithlinux.com/more-reasons-to-use-linux-how-green-is-linux
The Bizarre Cathedral - 41
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| "Should I tell him the router runs on Linux?"
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/bizarre_cathedral_41
"There is such an overvaluation of technology stocks that it is absurd. I would
include our stock in that category. It is bad for the long-term worth of the
economy."
--Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO
Related:
Open Source Software, OLPC, and the Importance of Being Green
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| I'm referring to the need for the OLPC XO laptop to be extremely efficient in
| its power consumption. The OLPC laptop is designed to be used in places where
| there is no reliable power grid, or, in many cases, no power grid at all.
| This has challenged the OLPC Project is be very creative in how power is
| generated, stored and conserved.
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http://jmbuser.livejournal.com/6764.html
Linux, Windows duke it out over energy efficiency
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| Linux appears to have an advantage at the moment: Companies are becoming
| increasingly open to adopting the platform both in the server room and on the
| desktop. Big-name vendors like IBM, HP, and Novell are giving the penguin a
| push in the datacenter, framing it as a flexible and energy-efficient
| platform. The fact that Linux offers greater virtualization opportunities
| than Windows (a sentiment recently expressed by the VMWare CTO Mendel
| Rosenblum) only strengthens the platform's green standing.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/sustainableit/archives/2007/08/linux_and_windo.html?source=rss
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
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