hey everyone, ok, i'm sick and tired of dual booting windows/linux. i use linux for everything save a single video game and some dvd programs. i figured i'd just give up the stupid game and try to get the dvd programs working in wine. after weeks and weeks of trying (i even subscribed to transgaming), i couldn't get wine to run the dvd programs (although cedega came closer than standard wine). i'm young, single, got a good job...why don't i just build a cheap linux box for my everyday uses, keep my current machine for windows, and buy a KVM switch...=) now here's my issue. my linux box will probably stay running 24/7. i want something that consumes as little power as possible. my current machine is an athlon xp 2400. i notice if i leaving running all the time, my electric bill is substantially higher and my house is noticably warmer. on the other hand, i will be compiling from sources often (especially KDE stuff), so i need something beefy. are there any low power, but high performance options out there? i really have no idea about this subject, so i'm looking to the bright people of this mailing list to give me suggestions. maybe i could just get a normal desktop but set it up to kinda go into standby mode if unused for xx minutes? what kind of linux support is available for that? how well does it work? how much power is saved? will the system wake up if i ssh into it? thank you very much for the help and suggestions.
