InternetNews, that is.

Remember PowerTop, the Intel-sponsored tool that takes a granular approach to power savings? It turns out that it's part of a larger effort by the company to promote open source power-saving technologies called Less Watts.

And the prime beneficiaries? Linux users.

Sean Michael Kerner at our JupiterOnlineMedia sibling InternetNews explains:

Less Watts is geared toward Linux users as opposed to users of any other operating system. Hohndel explained that applying some of the techniques described on the site would be difficult, though not impossible, to port to other operating systems.

As an example he cited the tickless idle changes in the Linux kernel, which he described as being at the very core of the operating system and could not be easily transported.

For information on some of the other projects, visit LessWatts.org.