14 May 09 10 ways Linux can turn you green

How do you go green without going to the lengths of installing solar panels on your roof? If you are using Linux, or thinking of using it, you are already one step ahead of most people. Here are 10 solid ways to start thinking green in your home/IT department.

Aleutia T1 Low Power Mini PC - Ubuntu

The low power T1 idles at 10 Watts and peaks at just 14 Watts despite boasting a 1.6GHz processor, 2GB RAM, and desktop-class hard drives. The Mac Mini, by comparison, claims to be the world’s most energy efficient desktop, despite idling at 13 Watts and costing nearly three times as much. Price: £149 (ex VAT).

E2 power consumption breakdown

The Aleutia E2 is one of the lowest power consuming PCs available that can still perform everyday tasks such as email, word processing, web browsing and play full screen video (but not on YouTube or BBC iPlayer – yet). To demonstrate just how much of a saving on energy consumption (and your bill) this little machine has to offer we have done the maths using publicly available information.

Network news and actions

19 Nov 09 Sh!t Matters

– especially on World Toilet Day. CLTS is using the opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of sustainable and safe sanitation systems around the world.

17 Nov 09 Delays show fragility of Nigeria's oil delta amnesty

YENEGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria has yet to begin the process of educating and reintegrating thousands of former militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta, prompting some to question their decision to lay down arms for clemency.

14 Oct 09 Twitter can't be gagged: online outcry over Guardian/Trafigura order

Trafigura, a London-based oil trader connected with dumping toxic waste in Ivory Coast in 2006, was the most used word on micro-blogging site Twitter this morning.

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