Red Hat Linux trumps Microsoft Windows in power test »

“Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat Inc. has touted its “green computing” image following a recent independent test that ranked  Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5’s power efficiency over Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise and  Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on three different hardware platforms.

The server tests rated power consumption on IBM, Dell and HP machines in three conditions: active mode optimized for power savings, active mode optimized for performance and quiet mode.”