06.09.08
Links 09/06/2008: GNU/Linux Sets World Record, Beats Windows Server 2008 at Greenness Test
GNU/Linux
- 24 Core, 48GB RAM Linux cluster runs on 400W
The Helmers project shows that there is 3x the performance at 1/2x the cost for those willing to innovate. By no small coincidence, this is what I see every day when I visit Red Hat customers who are replacing proprietary systems with open source solutions.
- Linux captures the ‘green’ flag, beats Windows 2008 power-saving measures
Our tests point to Linux as the winner of the green flag by margins that topped out at 12%. But we must note that our results are full of stipulations imposed by our test bed, and as the more truthful car advertisements might warn — your wattage may vary.
- Technology Today: Linux — A new user’s review
All in all I have been very impressed with Ubuntu Linux 7.10 and would recommend it to anyone who is willing to learn a new operating sytem.
- People wonder why I don’t use windows
- Ubuntu after a month
- Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 94
- Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva Performance Compared
- Slackware 12.1 - The Newest Version of the Oldest Surviving Linux Distribution
- What Makes Amarok the Most Popular Audio Player on Linux?
- Stallman attacks Oyster’s ‘unethical’ use of Linux
- Military Supercomputer Sets Record
- There is only one Linux!!!
- Linux training
- Getting To Grips With Netpkg In Zenwalk 5.2
- Michael Chen: India Third-Largest Contributor To Fedora Community
- MontaVista Vision 2008 Embedded Linux Developers Conference to Present Educational Sessions and New Technology from Top Companies
Laptops/UMPCs
- Rock star Linux: remixed, unplugged and live
- Acer introduces Aspire one, its first low-cost notebook
- Crystal Ball Sunday #4: Linux and System Builders and Integrators
- The impact of the Eee PC
- Ubuntu Chief: OEMs Turning to Us for Netbook OS
Adds Shuttleworth: “The aim was to do something very simple that could be tested easily, work with touch devices and made shippable very quickly. It also needed to be efficient on lower-power devices, and work well with Intel hardware, which seems to be the preferred platform for this generation of devices and allows us to slip a few nice effects in that would be hard without the right hardware support.”
- How Ultra-portable Laptops will help Linux
Open Source
- Eclipse framework overshadowing proprietary embedded tools
It may still take a few years to solidify its position, but Eclipse appears to be on the way to overshadowing proprietary embedded tool chains.
- Talend Announces First Open Source Product with Change Data Capture for Real-Time Data Integration
- How to Pick a Good Gift for a Geeky Dad
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.
Jose_X said,
June 9, 2008 at 4:12 pm
IIRC, the green test showed that some of the more aggressive Linux tunings were ignored for some reason or other that was deemed improper for a server.
Even if that was a good call, the article clearly states that the Red Hat tested did not include any of the tickless kernel improvements, which were improvements made specifically to address power consumption and gave great results, making the OLPC XO possible, for example.
Thus we would expect even better results in the near future.
Also, for some needs, Monopolyware, green or black and blue, just won’t cut it. http://www.top500.org/stats/list/30/osfam . Likely, it won’t scale without requiring a dedicated nuke reactor for power (assuming the chips don’t fry) and Fort Knox for financing. So if you need real power, there is no such a thing as a GREEN Monopolyware option, for there is no such a thing as a Monopolyware option, period.
Roy Schestowitz said,
June 9, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Virtualisation taken into account, over 91% of the world’s biggest computers run Linux.
The British government did a study a year ago. It concluded that Linux is twice as green as Windows. They used different criteria.