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Open Source is Already Naturally Green
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| For years now, there's been talk brewing about the concept of Green IT.
| Pundits have predicted in years past that sustainable IT would be job one
| soon, really soon.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6665/1/
Recent:
Free Software Cuts PC Energy Use
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| Remember the EcoButton? Well, there’s an upgraded version of a similar
| save-energy-via-PC-sleep-mode concept that isn’t made of plasticrap. A new
| free software program has been developed by Verdiem that will help cut PC
| energy use by allowing users to schedule when their computer goes into sleep
| mode.
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| Called – rather unoriginally – Edison, it’s basically a free version of their
| SURVEYOR software program. A user can decide when their home and work PC
| slips to sleep so it consumes far less energy. While my computer use tends to
| be, well, constant, and I shut it down when I head for bed, something like
| this wouldn’t do much for computer-dependent people like me.
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http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1975/75/
Red Hat says Enterprise Linux 5.2 is greener
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| Linux vendor Red Hat has updated its enterprise Linux version with features
| for big servers and some green improvements. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
| includes virtualisation support for bigger systems and more memory
| architectures.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39422955,00.htm
Related:
True or False: E-Waste
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| True or False: Switching from a Windows-operated computer to a Linux-operated
| one could slash computer-generated e-waste levels by 50%.
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| The answer is: TRUE
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/03/eco.myth.ewaste/
Microsoft nears bottom of Greenpeace league table
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| Environmental campaign organisation Greenpeace has published its latest study
| of the green credentials of electronics manufacturers, including makers of
| PCs and mobile phones, as well as Microsoft, which came near the bottom of
| Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39369882,00.htm
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".
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| Microsoft not only takes criticism for allegedly environmentally
| unfriendly policies, but for attacking civil liberties.
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| 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
Microsoft dropped Vista hardware spec to raise Intel profits
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/03/01/microsoft_intel_vista_capable_emails/
Microsoft 'Caves' To Intel
http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/28/microsoft-vista-intel-tech-ebiz-cx_wt_0228vista.html?partner=yahootix
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