The article discusses the energy consumption of building distro packages for Casuarina Linux, a project that ran from March 30, 2026, to November 8, 2026. Using a repurposed AMD AM4 system with a Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core CPU and 32Gb of DDR4 RAM as the build server, the project consumed a total of 98.4 kWh of energy over approximately 7 months. With an electricity plan costing AU$0.33 per kWh, the total energy cost was AU$32.47, highlighting the relatively low energy expenditure required for building and maintaining distro packages, especially when using a renewable energy plan and optimizing usage by turning off the builder when idle.