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."

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[jmorris42]

> > Fuck that pedo The Prophet Muhammad.

> And how about that Pope? And thousands of Catholic priests! Don't forget them.

Wouldn't want to harsh your moral equivalence rant or nothing but there is an important difference. Yes, Christians, Popes on down, Catholic or Protestant, whatever, have buggered kiddies in the past. Straight and gay, whatever; guilty as charged. Difference is Christians, along with just about every other religious/philosophical system, teach that it is wrong; while Muslims, following the 'perfect example' of their prophet don't. Contemplate that for a bit and see if you can see the difference between the two systems of belief and how there just might be a problem.... unless you are a NAMBLA supporter or something.

Re:Yes it can.

[Dishevel]

For the slow.
The reason I have that signature and not one about how stupid I think Catholics are fucking idiots is that because I have. As have many others.
There are books all over the place that will point out different aspects of how it is that Catholics suck.
They do not like these books much.

They do not issue FUCKING DEATH THREATS to those who dare to write something they do not like.

The Muslims do. Not all of them. Not even most. But most keep their fucking mouths shut while it is happening.

So. For their murdering all who have different view points I have a special place of dislike for them.

So ....