Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p>Have you heard the claim "Changing 30 lines of code in the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> could cut energy use at some data centers by up to 30 percent" that made the news two or three weeks ago?</p><p>Did you wonder if it is really that simple as it sounds in many stories? Then you want to read the following article from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@LWN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LWN</span></a></span>. It describes things in a more nuanced and technical way, as yes, it is not that simple:</p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/1008399/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lwn.net/Articles/1008399/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/powerefficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerefficiency</span></a></p>