Hi John, Welcome aboard. To me, the environment is third or second, to be honest ;). I find it very nice to have (old, bad) batteries last longer and I also like the idea of having a fully functional desktop on a computer that costs a fraction of what a new machine (as would be required for the "mainstream" OS's) would cost. So economics and battery life is what decides it for me - with the environmental effect (or more precisely, lack of effect) is an added bonus. As for the scientific proof of the battery efficiency - I have not seen it, but I think it makes very much sense because you have lesser and smaller processes running, simply. I hope this is of use to you and look forward to seeing Lubuntu on the cover of Time magazine ;)
Kristian On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:16 PM, John Eischeid <jteisch...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am a freelance writing and I am researching energy efficiency and > sustainable computing. I installed Lubuntu on an old laptop that once > had Windows and had gotten a very, very bad virus. The machine was just > sitting around my apartment, but I didn't want to throw it in the trash > or give it to a recycling company, some of which don't actually recycle > the machines. I am looking for two things: > > 1) Other Lubuntu users like me. Did the environment factor into your > decision to start using Lubuntu? Did you use it to bring an old machine > back to life? > 2) Some data indicating that Lubuntu is more energy efficient. I've > seen some claims along those lines, but does anyone have any proof that > Lubuntu uses less electricity? > > I'm not sure who I'll pitch this story to, assuming that there is one, > but my previous work as been published in the New York Times and > Scientific American. You can find links to those clips here: > www.johneischeid.com/clips . You can reply to this list, or reach me at > my personal email address: john [at] johneischeid.com > > Thanks to everyone working on Lubuntu! I've been very happy with it. I > tried Ubuntu, but it was a little too much for my old machine, which is > an HP Pavillion with only 512MB of RAM. Lubuntu works! > -- > This message was sent from Launchpad by > John Eischeid (https://launchpad.net/~jteischeid) > using the "Contact this team" link on the Lubuntu team page > (https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop). > For more information see > https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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