After using Arch Linux and Manjaro Linux for years I just figured out, that I download a lot of software only to update my system. It was...

I want to find the most sustainable operating system, because computers nowadays waste a lot of energy, because of data collection and data processing. Avoiding unnecessary processes and using resources in a mindful way could reduce the CO2 output on the whole world.

This discussion grew very fast and I put all links to other platforms in the end of the blog article.

  •  nachtigall   ( @nachtigall@feddit.de ) 
    4•2 years ago

    Interesting thoughts. I very recently considered this issue too. As Gentoo user I had to recompile software on updates which took sometimes a whole battery charge for large packets such as LLVM or rustc. Finally I decided to drop it in favor of Debian—the ecological aspect is more important to me than some minor tweaks after all.

    •  maxmoon   ( @utopify_org@lemmy.ml ) OP
      4•2 years ago

      After discussion this topic for days, now, I’ve decided that my next operating system will be Debian (stable). And if I need a newer package for a software, I still could use flatpak (or similar). Someone even told me that Signal-Desktop (over flatpak) only used so much cpu, because it was bad configured. Maybe this will be different with Debian.

      And a very good point is using the right hardware. Switching to ARM could save a lot of energy. But there are even more aspects I’ve learnt and I haven’t even thought about, but this will be in the next parts of the blog series.