Energy-hogging Linux, what to do?

[David Hummel]

On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 08:58:13AM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:05:59 -0400
> "Mark J. Dulcey" <mark at buttery.org> wrote:
> 
> > Using laptops is another way of reducing power consumption. Older
> > ones can be pressed into service as servers; they'll work well,
> > though they're not likely to be cost-effective compared to desktop
> > boxes.
>
> I would agree here, but laptops are not designed for 24x7 operation
> (and many desktops aren't either).

Neither are your average commodity home boxes.  I've been using a laptop
as a server for a long time and it's been very reliable actually.  Other
advantages are built-in UPS, small (easy to tuck away somewhere),
quiet(er), etc.

-David