From page 9 of TFA: > Ubuntu 11.04 actually performed much better than anticipated. Prior to the tests commencing, the expectation was that Ubuntu 11.04 would

From page 9 of TFA: > Ubuntu 11.04 actually performed much better than anticipated. Prior to the tests commencing, the expectation was that Ubuntu 11.04 would lose handedly across all systems to Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1. That was far from the case. > With similar workloads, for the most part the power consumption is comparable between Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7 Pro SP1. The only major differences came during Flash-based HD video playback being more efficient under Windows, power consumption while OpenGL gaming, and in select other areas. Ubuntu / Linux actually has the potential to become more power efficient than Microsoft Windows 7 based upon the close findings from today. Once Active-State Power Management (ASPM) is properly fixed up for Linux, there is still a Linux 2.6.35 kernel power regression, a scheduler power regression, and more. Just yesterday on my Twitter feed, the Phoronix Test Suite and I made a discovery of a possible 8% power savings from an entirely different vector. More to come.