Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Chorlton's Big Green Festival

[Leslie I'Anson]

Some excellent points Dave. I'll take them along on the day and if I
find the time will prepare a small handout.

Many thanks,
Leslie

On 15/01/2010, Dave Page <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Friday 15 January 2010 16:32:30 Luke Taylor wrote:
>
>> Surely Gnu/Linux being
>> slightly more power efficient than windows doesn't count?
>
> There's the argument that embedded Linux is significantly more efficient
> than
> other embedded operating systems on small hardware.
>
> There's also an argument that GNU/Linux runs better on older hardware,
> prolonging its life - I know that I have old Pentium etc. systems which are
> still perfectly usable with GNU/Linux.
>
> There's a counter-argument that new hardware is more power-efficient so is
> environmentally better; but there's a counter-counter-argument that that
> increased efficiency is offset by the energy cost of building the new
> hardware. I've not really seen any good full-lifecycle comparisons, and
> would
> be very interested.
>
> Dave
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