[SC.LUG] Going Green.

[Andy Roffe]

Hi All,

Also of interest may be www.mini-itx.com it's focused on VIA's low power boards. 

Low power server would be nice too. You should see the power bills those babys generate.
Blades help but what you win on power, which isn't much, you'll lose to heat... :-/

You might also be interested in www.inveneo.org which is a really interesting project.
Effectively this is a charitable organisation which provides low power hardware among other things to remote sites. Go have a look, it's really interesting. 

Also, have a google on solar power in th UK. I recently got some solar panels to run my
Optimate trickle charger on. I'm even tempted to think about putting solar panels on my house and selling the surplus back to the grid. That's not as nuts as it sounds, there are grants available and energy providers must buy a specific amount of energy from "green" sources. 

Oh, while I'm having a rant.. Israel should pack it in. Now. 

Have fun folks :-)

-A

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sc-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> [mailto:sc-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Richard Smedley
> Sent: 24 July 2006 10:09
> To: Jason Lucas
> Cc: SC-LUG
> Subject: Re: [SC.LUG] Going Green.
> 
> On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 03:41 +0100, Jason Lucas wrote:
> > We need to tame these power hungry computers. Any suggestions?
> 
> Desktop:
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> http://www.cheeplinux.com/index.php?cPath=72&osCsid=0e0878135e
4d6d384cb7e4742086dd80
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> ~
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> http://www.iyonix.com/
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> ~
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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/
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> http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00005JACV/026-3530830-8678
> 010?v=glance&n=560798
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> http://www.sitashop.com/psion/
> http://www.sitashop.com/psion/netbook.php
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> ~
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sagepe/sets/798831/
> http://flakey.info/hesfes05/
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> http://www.disklessworkstations.com/
> 
> http://www.smarter.com/---se--qq-thin+clients--pt-0--tt-.html
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> 
> File Server:
> 
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0002ZDQLI/026-3530830-8678
> 010?v=glance&n=560798&v=glance
> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/
> http://www.unslung.org/
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> Word processor:
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> http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/
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> http://www.mrpen.co.uk/
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> http://www.andys-pens.ukhome.net/
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> 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/
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> 
> (of course, you may prefer a jag ;)
> http://jaguar.fiboy.com/Mk1.htm
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> 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''
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