FOSS - ensuring even new hardware stays in use when vendor-support eventually ends!
Whether or not you install GNU/Linux on it today, your new #Mac will eventually lose #Apple support. Thanks to the impressive work of #Asahi #Linux project (@AsahiLinux), it will not need to end up in the landfill once it does.
Great to see #KDE #Plasma as the default desktop environment!
@kde @fedora @kde@lemmy.kde.social
\#KDEEco #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #sustainability #Fedora #AsahiLinux
KDE Eco's stand with FSFE and Bits & Bäume Berlin will be here on Sunday from 11-19h (as far as I can tell):
https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.51551&mlon=13.36899&zoom=19
Here's the official map (we are listed under "Bits & Bäume Berlin"):
https://www.umweltfestival.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-04-16-Lageplan.pdf
The #Topio digital privacy initiative is directly next to us!
We will have old, otherwise unsupported #computers and #smartphones for visitors to try, as well as some new ones, all running #FreeSoftware.
The oldest, Dell Latitude D600, would have become #eWaste in 2010. If it were human, today it could legally drink alcohol in the USA ... it is that old and, with a little patience, still quite usable!
Come by to try it out :)
You don't need a new computer for up-to-date software ... just the right software!
Come to #Umweltfestival 2024 in #Berlin to learn about the role of independent #FreeSoftware in the sustainable use of hardware.
🗓️ Sunday 28 April, 11-19h 📍 Straße des 17. Juni (Brandenburg Gate)
\#KDEEco together with #FSFE (@fsfe) and Bits & Bäume (@bitsundbaeume\_berlin) will be there! Some in the #GNOME and #postmarketOS community may be joining as well :)
I wonder how software licensing fits into this new EU right-to-repair directive. It seems pretty critical for repairability!
Press release: Right to repair: Making repair easier and more appealing to consumers
"Manufacturers [...] will be prohibited from using contractual clauses, hardware or \software\ techniques that obstruct repairs."
\#RightToRepair #KDE #GNOME #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
(h/t GNOME Berlin)
How can we ensure energy data from KEcoLab are stable?
@sthak9 has some ideas.
"Ensuring KEcoLab Stability: Introducing Dedicated CI-Test"
https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-04-12-sok24-energy-measurement-lab/
\#KEcoLab is a KDE tool for measuring software's #energy consumption, but it needs robust testing to ensure stable functionality after code changes. Sarthak presents his work in Season of #KDE 2024 implementing dedicated test builds with #Kate test scripts.
\#KDEEco #SOK24 #FEEP #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Sustainability
Selenium automation for measuring software's energy consumption?
@prady0t wants to guide you!
Read about his Season of KDE 2024 work on documentation for #Selenium AT-SPI, including video guides for the #KDE community.
"How Selenium Helps Build Sustainable Software (And More)"
https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-04-11-sok24-selenium/
Keep an eye here for the videos (coming soon)!
\#KDEEco #SOK24 #FEEP #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Sustainability
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