ask.slashdot.org - 10/25/2009
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mpol writes "For years I've been using a home server with Linux, but recently I've been having doubts about the electric bill. I'm not touched by the recession yet, but I would like to cut costs, and going from a 100-Watt system to a 30-Watt system would save me 70 bucks a year. The system ...
techgage.com - 10/21/2009
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techgage.com —
When ASUS launched its first Xonar audio card
in the early fall of 2007, I wasn't sure...
what to think. After all, ASUS wasn't known as an audio company, and for good reason... the Xonar D2 was the company's first audio card. Skepticism waned from ...
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Using the ASUS Xonar Essence STX Under Linux
phoronix.com - 10/19/2009
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phoronix.com —
Days prior to AMD's release of the ATI
Radeon HD 5750 and Radeon HD 5770 graphics cards,...
NVIDIA released their GeForce G 210 and GeForce GT 220 graphics cards. Both of these NVIDIA graphics cards are for low-end desktop systems, but part of what makes ...
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[Phoronix] NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 Review
phoronix.com - 10/21/2009
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phoronix.com —
In late August we started asking our readers
for any questions they had for NVIDIA about Linux...
and this graphics company's support of open-source operating systems. Twelve pages worth of questions were accumulated and we finally have the answers to a ...
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[Phoronix] NVIDIA Developer Talks Openly About Linux Support
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Low-Power Home Linux Server?
Slashdot: Hardware —
... power savings. I've been reading about the Western Digital Mybook World Edition, which has an ARM processor but isn't that easy to install Debian on. A Mac Mini draws about 85 Watts, so that isn't an option either. Something a bit more than turn-key would be fine, but preferably not a complete hack-job. Adding a temporary CR-ROM or DVD-ROM, or a USB disk with an iso to install from would be nice. Any Slashdotters run nice and cheap low-power Linux systems? What can you recommend?" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Low-Power Home Linux Server?
Slashdot: Linux —
... power savings. I've been reading about the Western Digital Mybook World Edition, which has an ARM processor but isn't that easy to install Debian on. A Mac Mini draws about 85 Watts, so that isn't an option either. Something a bit more than turn-key would be fine, but preferably not a complete hack-job. Adding a temporary CR-ROM or DVD-ROM, or a USB disk with an iso to install from would be nice. Any Slashdotters run nice and cheap low-power Linux systems? What can you recommend?" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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