Can Ubuntu Linux Consume Less Power Than Windows?

An anonymous reader writes "Now that the big Linux kernel power regression has been solved it looks like Ubuntu 11.04 can compete with Microsoft Windows 7 in terms of overall power usage. New tests revealed by Phoronix show the power consumption of Ubuntu 11.04 vs. Windows 7 operating systems. On a range of different systems, the power consumption of the Linux OS was comparable to that of Windows except for a few select workloads and systems."

Comments

Re:"Can" is not "Does"

[vlm]

Different hardware, specialty drivers, default settings vs tweaked settings...

Virus, worm, and trojan installs on the windows box ....

Re:Yes it can.

[carpenoctem63141]

Yeah, but if you don't have it, your only other option is to kick ass.

Repeat after me, Ubuntu is not Linux ok

[RotateLeftByte]

There are far more usable and frankly higher quality distros than anything that comes from Canonical.

I'll probably be shot down in flames but as a long term linux supporter (since slackware 1.1 on Floppies) I've seen it evolve beyond all recognition.
At first Ubuntu was a breath of freah air. It took the debian dinosaur and shook it alive. Now, they are changing things and IMHO not taking the user base with them. I know of at least 10 former Ubuntu fans who have jumped ship since 10.10 came out. The quality is just not there any more. Far too much is crammed into each release with little thought for fixing the bugs.
Non of their stuff seems complete. Or in agile dev speak, 'It is not done.'
This is totally wrong and is only storing up a vast reservior of technial debt for the future.

Let the flaming begin.
Anon coz I have to work closely with Canonical in my day job.
 

Re:Can it crash less often than Windows?

[amliebsch]

Really? I never you could recover from a kernel panic by switching to a terminal and restarting X! Mod parent INFORMATIVE!!!++ Thank you so much!!