Gentoo Archives: gentoo-pr

From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-pr@l.g.o
Cc: gwn-feedback@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-pr] Cheap, eco-friendly computer runs Gentoo
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:58:53
Message-Id: 469B0904.6090506@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-pr] Cheap, eco-friendly computer runs Gentoo by Donnie Berkholz
1 Donnie Berkholz wrote:
2 > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9073106297.html
3 >
4 > "A New York City based start-up is readying a silent, low-cost,
5 > Linux-based computing appliance said to burn an order of magnitude less
6 > power than traditional PCs. The Zonbu Zonbox runs Gentoo Linux and two
7 > dozen open source applications on a Via C7 processor clocked at 1.2GHz."
8 >
9 > "It consumes 15 Watts (average), or 131 kW/year, generating about 97
10 > pounds of CO2 emissions, according to Zonbu. ... A standard PC, in
11 > comparison, consumes 175 Watts on average, or 1,533 kW/year."
12
13 An article about this made it into the New York Times:
14
15 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/technology/16cheap.html
16
17 Perhaps our first mention there...
18
19 Thanks,
20 Donnie

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