Linux captures the 'green' flag, beats Windows 2008 power-saving measures

Network World takes a look at power consumption by comparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1, SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 on four different servers. "The results showed that while Windows Server 2008 drew slightly less power in a few test cases when it had its maximum power saving settings turned on, it was RHEL that did the best job of keeping the power draw in check across the board."