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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Must fight temptation to buy an overpriced raspberry pi (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 141 points 2 days ago (21 children)

It's not just the size constraint. The power usage is significant...

[–] [email protected] 83 points 2 days ago (17 children)

If you have the lid closed, you're looking at 3 to 15 watts to have a laptop running in the background doing some basic server shit.

Maybe a little more under high load, but those are going to be intermittent and not constant.

I'm just saying it's not that much more electricity usage, and the recycling more than offsets the CO2.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Laptops are not generally designed to run like that with a closed lid. Heat dissipation is designed around the idea the laptop is open and some of it is through the keyboard surface. The lid closed would change that.

Systems can of course be setup to power off the display but for server/service uses open laptops may not be efficient space wise.

Having said that if the scenario is low power use the heat dissipation may not be a major issue. But if there is an unremovable battery i'd still be concerned about heat dissipation with the lid closed and even just the battery itself regardless of heat dissipiation.