• prole
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    3 months ago

    Linux systems usually consume more energy than identical systems with other operating systems

    Is this true?

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      3 months ago

      Yes, at least on battery powered PCs. Other kinds of machines may be more efficient on Linux but I guess these are mostly cases when there are no big and well developed proprietary solutions for them.

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        3 months ago

        I imagine it varies wildly by distro, hardware, use-case, etc.

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            3 months ago

            Surely use-case is important? Someone running a server that’s on 24/7 vs. someone running it on a laptop or desktop that they shut down every day.

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              3 months ago

              I was talking about comparing the efficiency between operating systems. That requires the use case to be the same. Comparing different use cases is unfair.