Carbon footprint reduction has come to technology in a big way — even Dell began marketing towards the green movement. Green is the new black.

Recently Network World reported that Linux consumed as much as 12% less power than Windows 2008 on identical hardware. Now of course, hosting that server in a data center designed for a farm of high heat, high performing servers may thwart your green goals, but as we learned from Bill Murray… baby steps is a great way to start your journey.