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Use Linux to Reduce Your Power Bill

Posted by michael on from the it-slices-it-dices dept.

Stephen Herzog writes "Linux Devices has published an article about the AcquiSuite, a Linux based hardware device that collects and reports energy consumption information. Companies who are looking at energy management solutions need to keep the cost down in order to recover their retrofit cost with savings from the energy bill. Linux is a perfect fit for cheap data collection devices in part because "Linux provides complete TCP/IP functionality, PPP... and no royalties"."

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  1. Windows Crashes by SniffleBear · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Did you know that booting up your system takes a lot more power initially than to run the computer itself?

  2. I think NT and newer does. by Atomizer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I remember hearing about this ages ago from people that dual booted W95 and had could see the CPU temp. Whenever they ran W95 the CPU would always be hotter than when the booted into Linux. I think once Windows went to the NT kernel (NT, W2K, XP), it has the same feature where it waits on interupts like Linux.

  3. Reduce Bill's Power by cyber_rigger · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I read this as using Linux to reduce Bill's power (as in Microsoft Bill). :^)

  4. Re:It's got Linux on it but.... by EvilAlien · · Score: 0, Redundant
    OR BEOWULF CLUSTERS?!?!

    This is definitely "News for Nerds", but I don't know if I can agree with "Stuff that matters".

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