Independent tests show that Red Hat Linux pulls as much as 12% less power than Windows 2008 on identical hardware
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Interview: How a hacker became a freedom fighter
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"One of the founding fathers of "free software" and an esteemed elder of the hacking community, Richard Stallman has made defending people's freedoms his life's work. That usually means supplying hackers with software and attacking copyright law.
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Linux resources cool greenhouses
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Believe it or not, even virtual penguins have a part to play in the global warming debate. Scott Allen, Europcar chief information officer, says extending the life of desktops is a form of recycling.
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Who pays the DRM man?
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Microsoft - and all its DRM buddies - continue to claim up to this very day that DRM won't affect the consumer too much, "given that cost (..) is most heavily influenced by volume". However, behind closed doors the bird is singing quite another song. The following is taken from a presentation at the WinHEC 2005. Read this and shiver.
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Black Google not as green as painted
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Interesting blog about how environmentally friendly Google is, and whether painting the background black instead of white would save electricity and help save the planet.
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Green Linux to attack power consumption
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"The Linux Foundation has formed a Green Linux initiative to focus on reducing the open source operating system's power consumption."
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