Re: Kernel thoughts of a Linux user

From: Chris Friesen
Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 17:28:04 EST


Jan Engelhardt wrote:

So they could make themselves a favor and run something like seti@home.

That does consume more energy than just sitting at idle. I've seen some estimates of how much it costs to run seti 24/7 rather than just sit idle, and the price was something like $80/year.

Chris
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