Subj : Linux on old laptop
To   : WitNik
From : Trikester
Date : Sun Dec 26 2021 16:15:50

  Re: Linux on old laptop
  By: WitNik to Utopian Galt on Sat Dec 25 2021 11:30 am

 > I think you made a good choice on keeping stuff out of the landfill; however, for what it's worth, I've made a real push during
 > the
 > last 4-5 years to refresh my systems with very power efficient systems for my project, tinkering, and work. Older systems
 > generally
 > consume more electricity, so that's something to keep in mind to potentially offset environmental impact when you do decide to
 > upgrade.

That's an excellent point, by the way.

Recently I checked to see how much power was being used by the "media PC" type of devices we were using for watching the boob tube. Once was a decade-old Athlon64 dual-core box with spinning rust in it, with our PS4 being used for Netflix and Prime.

Both utilized >40W constantly when on, with spikes higher than that depending on the workload.

Have replaced the media PC completely and the media-watching stuff from the PS4 with a Raspberry Pi 4, which consumes about 6W when working hard, and I'm not sure how much when idle - the kill-a-watt meter reads 0 or 1 watt, most of the time on 0.

The guts of the media PC box are going to head off to recycling.

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