Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is this the new battle ground - energy saving?

2010-08-28 Thread Barry Titterton
On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 16:45 +0100, Tony Pursell wrote: > Hi all > > I came across this: > > http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2268816/exclusive-microsoft-opens > > Is there any evidence of how Ubuntu performs in this respect? > > My own evidence is very anecdotal. When I'm boo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is this the new battle ground - energy saving?

2010-08-27 Thread pmgazz
There's been some work to tune up Linux kernels to ensure they run as efficiently as possible - I think the bigger gains are in extending the life of computer equipment though. As we all know, Ubuntu can run on anything up to 6 years old and you can re-use pretty much any old kit with an LTSP

[ubuntu-uk] Is this the new battle ground - energy saving?

2010-08-27 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi all I came across this: http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2268816/exclusive-microsoft-opens Is there any evidence of how Ubuntu performs in this respect? My own evidence is very anecdotal. When I'm booted into XP, I get more 'hair dryer noise' (i.e when the fan speed is ram