[ale] Saving electricity with Linux

[Steve Litt]

Bob Toxen via Ale said on Fri, 31 May 2024 12:43:39 -0400

>Datacenters may use as much as 9% of total U.S. electricity in six
>years. Home computers use some too.
>
>Since Linux uses roughly half the electricity as Windows, switching to
>Linux in the data centers will save a lot of electricity.  Get the
>treehuggers to champion this.

I'm probably what you'd call a tree hugger (I call myself a guy who's
concerned about the future of his Millennial children and any children
they might have).

I'd love to tell people this, but first I'd need citations for Linux
data centers using only half the power of equivalent Windows data
centers. Your referenced article
https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=3Dz16l2snue3_2-3153e_0x241b6bx020838
for sure reveals the 9% data center electrical usage, but says nothing
about Linux vs Windows.

Note: In general I trust Reuters, the source of the article you
reference.

Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt 

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