[SC.LUG] Going Green.

[Richard Smedley]

On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 03:41 +0100, Jason Lucas wrote:
> We need to tame these power hungry computers. Any
> suggestions?

Desktop:

http://www.cheeplinux.com/index.php?cPath=72&osCsid=0e0878135e4d6d384cb7e4742086dd80

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http://www.iyonix.com/

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Special offer: B+ Grade 32MB Netbooks only £165 - sold in excellent
working order but with slight marks on the screen.
http://www.psionex.co.uk/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00005JACV/026-3530830-8678010?v=glance&n=560798

http://www.sitashop.com/psion/
http://www.sitashop.com/psion/netbook.php

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/sagepe/sets/798831/
http://flakey.info/hesfes05/

http://www.disklessworkstations.com/

http://www.smarter.com/---se--qq-thin+clients--pt-0--tt-.html



File Server:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0002ZDQLI/026-3530830-8678010?v=glance&n=560798&v=glance
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/
http://www.unslung.org/


Word processor:

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/

http://www.mrpen.co.uk/

http://www.andys-pens.ukhome.net/



btw Power consumption is a serious problem, but the energy and resources
used in manufacturing equipment, combined with the toxic pollution
created in dumping old equipment, means that looking to extend the life
of old PCs through LTSP
http://www.ltsp.org/
https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuInstallNotes
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LTSPServerSetup
http://www.bristolwireless.net/wiki/index.php/LTSP
as used so successfully at Skegness Grammar School, and ensuring old
equipment gets a second chance through re-cycling schemes - like HOAP in
Oswestry
[ http://www.hoap.org.uk/furniture.htm    # site doesn't mention
computers much, they're just starting on the GNU/Linux route]
is also equally pressing.

 - Richard


btw note that the same argumants apply to personal transportation, and
it could well be better to join the 100,000 people still driving Morris
Minors, rather than use umpteen Joules of energy (and 20,000 gallons of
water) in manufacturing a new car...
http://www.minormania.com/

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mmccv/Restor/Restoration.html

http://www.beardmorebros.co.uk/website%20pages/Magazine%
20Articles/magazine_articles_titlepage.htm

http://www.geocities.com/morrismodified/


(of course, you may prefer a jag ;)
http://jaguar.fiboy.com/Mk1.htm

http://www.5speeds.com/jag.htm

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Richard Smedley,                                      RichardS at bvsc.org
Free Software Evangelist,
Midland Open Source Technology.                 http://www.most.org.uk/
                           ``Software Freedom for the Voluntary Sector''