<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Appendix E - A New Environmentally Friendly Hardware Design</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux Ecology-HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Appendix D - Recommendations for Buying a New Computer" HREF="ecology-howto-appendix-d.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Appendix F - Computer Related Eco Labels" HREF="ecology-howto-appendix-f.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="appendix" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Linux Ecology-HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="ecology-howto-appendix-d.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="ecology-howto-appendix-f.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="appendix" ><H1 ><A NAME="ecology-howto-appendix-e" ></A >Appendix E. Appendix E - A New Environmentally Friendly Hardware Design</H1 ><P > Courtesy of Wade W. Hampton and Knut Suebert: New hardware designs that plan to use Linux should take advantage of environmentally friendly technologies such as low-power CPUs e.g., the ARM from: <A HREF="http://developer.intel.com/design/strong/" TARGET="_top" >Intel</A >, environmentally friendly battery design, low-power displays (e.g., non-backlit LCDs), smaller packaging, etc. Linux supports a WIDE variety of hardware and technologies. These could be leveraged into powerful, flexible, environmentally friendly Linux-based solutions. </P ><P > An "Environmental Rating" could be created for new Linux-based hardware and even some Linux-based software such as <B CLASS="command" >bottlerocket</B > (X10). Devices such as the Netwinder or the uCsimm would receive high ratings for their size, power consumption, capabilities, etc. </P ><P > At <A HREF="http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/1367/1.html" TARGET="_top" >Telepolis (German Computer Magazine)</A > you might find an article about wasted resources during computer manufacturing. </P ><P > Generally speaking PPC CPUs consume less power than x86 CPUs. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ecology-howto-appendix-d.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ecology-howto-appendix-f.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Appendix D - Recommendations for Buying a New Computer</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Appendix F - Computer Related Eco Labels</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >