Timeline for Is Linux more sustainable than Windows?

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Jan 7, 2016 at 0:16	comment	added	Rainer Glüge		I revived a 1998 HP Notebook with the Ubuntu-based WattOS (see distrowatch.com or directly www.planetwatt.com) for details. It claims to be an energy-efficient Linux distro. By the way, power consumption translates to battery endurance, should be easy to measure.
Dec 1, 2015 at 17:40	history	edited	Dee	CC BY-SA 3.0	formatting typos
Dec 1, 2015 at 14:02	history	edited	Dee	CC BY-SA 3.0	updated potential definition of sustainable OS
Dec 1, 2015 at 13:13	history	edited	Dee	CC BY-SA 3.0	updated potential definition of sustainable OS
Dec 1, 2015 at 0:19	comment	added	Ivan Kapitonov		And also, do you know anything specific about how to know which distros are more efficient than others? From a very impressionistic experience, Ubuntu (and even ALTLinux?) are heavier than Arch. But then it depends on the window manager and what not.
Dec 1, 2015 at 0:16	comment	added	Ivan Kapitonov		Thanks. It would be very cool to have some figures -- maybe you know some? I think we all had this experience of reviving old machineth with the good *nix spirit. But I'm also wondering if there's a more or less objective measure. E.g., running some task and measuring power consumption. Or if anyone cared to look how long the same laptop lasts when Win and when a Linux is booted. Actually, I still have not taken Win down on a couple of dual boot laptops -- I should experiment before windows goes.
Nov 30, 2015 at 10:55	history	answered	Dee	CC BY-SA 3.0