20070728 Linux PCs in Small and Environment-friendly Form
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What is Tiny, Green, and Penguin-Friendly?
This article briefly goes over six mini systems that you don't have to build yourself. They are an ideal platform for a project or for a silent system for simple tasks like checking your email. The intention was to find systems that are small, Linux-ready, and customizable, but price was factored in as well.
http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1122
Related: How Green Is Your PC? Zonbu's Open Source Alternative
Because the Zonbox design includes a low-power consuming chip from Via Technologies, and no hard drive or fan, it requires less energy. It uses a 4 GB flash drive instead of a hard-disk drive for storing files, photos and music, in addition to the 25 GB of storage capacity available for the monthly service via Amazon's S3 service. It also comes with 20 open source applications pre-loaded.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/58497.html
GNU/Linux is the most power-efficient OS on Intel hardware
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.
http://digg.com/linux_unix/GNU_Linux_is_the_most_power_efficient_OS_on_Intel_hardware
Report: Linux, open source greener than Windows
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.
http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1246762,00.html?track=sy184 http://tinyurl.com/38cge3
Is 'green' software possible?
He suggests using software such as Puppy Linux, a low resource version of Linux, and Portable Apps, a service-based approach to delivering applications.
http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/07/21/green_software_possibility/
16,000 Linux computers delivered - for free
With his non-profit organization called Alameda County Computer Resource Center, he built up a volunteer organization, collects donated stuff from the companies who provide them, strips any proprietary OS and software off the drives, re-installs everything with Linux and free applications, and then gives them to schools or other not-for-profit organizations or individuals without too much cash. A great man with a great mission. CNN called him a hero already.
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/89792/index.html
WEEE directive threatens Microsoft OEM sales
There's a possibility Microsoft may well dump the OEM scheme and that could prompt small firms that don't want to be WEEEing to install Linux or even pirate OSes.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40305
Consumer electronics vs. Planet Earth
several makers of Linux-based thin-client devices have begun touting their devices as environmentally-friendly alternatives to standard desktop PCs. Meanwhile, several companies are working to build Linux-based network computers for home users, including Zonbu, Linutop, and Thinteknix.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7932130737.html
Apple has toxic core: Greenpeace
Despite Apple's launch of the eco-friendly iPhone last week, Greenpeace is demanding an environmental revolution that will shake the company to its core.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/16/greenpeace_slams_apple/
Vista poses environmental dangers
Microsoft Vista could have serious environmental implications, experts have warned. The latest version of Windows uses encryption methods that are incompatible with some older PCs. It also features high-end graphics capabilities that can only run on newer hardware.
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2174400/vista-poses-environmental
Greenpeace: Vista could trigger a deluge of electronic waste
Beau Baconguis of the Southeast Asia section of the environmental protection organization Greenpeace has warned that the introduction by Microsoft of its new operating system Windows Vista might as a side effect trigger a deluge of electronic waste (E-waste). "With Vista, Microsoft could effectively hasten the obsolesence of half the world's PCs, especially in the absence of fully-functioning global take back systems for PCs," Ms. Baconguis declared.
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/84816/from/rss09
Vista gets slated - by the Greens
The Green Party has slammed Microsoft and it's forthcoming operating system, Windows Vista, in a withering attack on the company's "monopoly". Microsoft not only takes criticism for allegedly environmentally unfriendly policies, but for attacking civil liberties. 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.
http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/news.php?id=107813
Use GNU/Linux and help save the planet
Are Windows users, not by choice, the worst polluters of the planet relative to GNU/Linux? Well, not intentionally but the lifecycle of a machine running Windows must be shorter than that of a conscientious Linux user who can prevent that old 400MHZ Celeron PC with 128MBs of memory gathering dust in the corner from heading for the scrapheap. [...] The Chinese have a saying: the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Reusing a puffing and wheezing old computer by installing a minimal GNU/Linux distro and staving off the day when it trudges forlornly to the scrapheap is at least a baby step in the right direction.
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/use_gnu_linux_and_help_save_the_planet
Computers in schools are an environmental time-bomb
Schools are using computers as room heaters which then need to be cooled using expensive air conditioning and Modern thin-client networks could reverse this trend and are available from the Open Source community and vendors of proprietary software today.
