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be4foss, 20 days ago to berlin

Digital sustainability workshop in Berlin 3 June!

KDE Eco and the Berlin groups of #FSFE (@fsfeberlin) and #BitsundBaeume (@bitsundbaeume_berlin) will host an installation workshop from 18-21h CEST at @cbase in #Berlin.

At the workshop we'll dive deeper into the topic of digital #sustainability following our joint table at the #Umweltfestival in April.

To accommodate all participants, contact us to confirm your attendance.

See you there!

@kde

#KDE #KDEEco #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS

be4foss, 1 month ago to Mac

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.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/fedora-asahi-remix-40-is-another-big-step-forward-for-linux-on-apple-silicon-macs/

Great to see #KDE #Plasma as the default desktop environment!

@kde
@fedora
@kde

#KDEEco #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #sustainability #Fedora #AsahiLinux

be4foss, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to berlin

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 :)

@kde

#KDE #BMUV #UBA #GermanEnvAgency #OpenSource

be4foss, 1 month ago to KDE

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

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240419IPR20590/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."

@kde

#RightToRepair #KDE #GNOME #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

(h/t GNOME Berlin)

be4foss, 2 months ago to Energy

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

@kde

be4foss, 2 months ago to KDE

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

@kde

be4foss, 3 months ago to Energy

More good news on the day of KDE Plasma 6 megarelease!

#KDEEco is proud to be one of 12 groups of researchers and practitioners (including @a_guldner , @HTW_Berlin , @vuamsterdam , @oekoinstitut) co-authoring a paper published today in Future Generation Computer Systems.

The paper describes the main components of software #energy and hardware usage measurements.

More here on this novel #GreenSoftware measurement reference model:

https://www.umwelt-campus.de/en/forschung/projekte/green-software-engineering/news-details/new-article-describes-green-software-measurement-reference-model

#KDE #SustainableSoftware #GreenICT

be4foss, 3 months ago to KDE

The power of Free Software: Turning trash into treasure!

The Cape Verdean American Community Development (#CACD) group has been reviving otherwise-obsolete computers with KDE #Plasma (#Kubuntu).

"The result? Less #eWaste and more control over the functioning of personal devices. That means not having to buy new when your software becomes unusable over time."

Read more:

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2024/02/22/rhode-island-teens-are-fixing-junked-computers-and-learning-valuable-tech-skills/72340312007/

#KDE #KDEEco #FEEP #BE4FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #SustainableSoftware #Sustainability

be4foss, 3 months ago to Energy

Making way for Wayland in KdeEcoTest!

#KdeEcoTest is an automation and testing tool. It is used for creating usage scenario scripts to measure the #energy consumption of software.

Season of #KDE contributor Athul Raj K has added #Wayland support to the tool. Now it is possible to compare the energy demands of software on Wayland vs. X11!

Read more here:

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-02-20-sok24-wayland_support_kdeecotest/

#SOK24 #KDEEco #FEEP #BE4FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #SustainableSoftware #GreenSoftware #Sustainability

be4foss, 4 months ago to sustainability

KDE Eco at KDE India Conference today!

2 KDE contributors present their work on #sustainability at the 7th conf.kde.in in Pune, Maharashtra, #India.

1. Karanjot Singh: A Layman's Guide to Sustainability with Free Software

https://conf.kde.org/event/7/contributions/167/

2. Rudraksh Karpe: Emulation Tools for Sustainable Software Development: Simulating Real-World Usage Scenarios at KDE-Eco

https://conf.kde.org/event/7/contributions/169/

Here's to a great conference today!

#KDE #KDEEco #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SustainableSoftware

be4foss, 4 months ago to sustainability

Die gemeinnützige Organisation, die hinter der KDE-Community für Softwareentwicklung steht, sucht eine/n Projektleiter/in und Veranstaltungsmanager/in für ein neues, von der deutschen Regierung finanziertes Projekt zur Förderung umweltverträglicher Software und langfristiger Hardware-Nutzung.

Es handelt sich um eine Teilzeitstelle (10h/Woche) für die Dauer von zwei Jahren.

Wenn du interessiert bist, findest du hier weitere Informationen: https://ev.kde.org/2024/01/14/2024-01-14-job-project-lead-event-manager/

#FediHire #Sustainability #Eco

be4foss, 5 months ago to Software

There's no time like now to start contributing to the #KDEEco sustainable #software initiative!

Submit a proposal for one of 3 sustainability projects in KDE's #mentorship program Season Of KDE 2024.

Details about submitting to #SOK24 found here: https://discuss.kde.org/t/call-for-proposals-want-to-start-contributing-to-kde-its-time-to-submit-proposals-for-our-mentorship-program-sok24-deadline-8-jan/8772

SOK website: https://mentorship.kde.org/sok/

Let's make #FreeSoftware the most efficient software, together!

#KDE #FOSS #OpenSource #BE4FOSS #FEEP #Sustainability #SustainableSoftware #GreenCoding #Environment #Ecology

be4foss, 6 months ago to Energy

​Are you working on #energy systems and energy usage in #FOSS?

Consider submitting a talk to the "Reimagining the Energy Ecosystem through Open Source" devroom at #FOSDEM on 3 Feb. 2024.

Submission deadline: 1 Dec. 2023

For details: https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2023q4/003495.html

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Sustainability

be4foss, 9 months ago to foss

Learn more about software-driven environmental harm and the #KDEEco initiative today at 14:30 (CEST) on the Bits & Bäume stage!

#cccamp23 #KDE' #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SustainableSoftware #Sustainability

foss_android, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to opensource

Okular
Document Viewer

Okular is a universal document viewer developed by KDE.
Features:
· Supported Formats: PDF, PS, Tiff, CHM, DjVu, Images, DVI, XPS, Fiction Book, Comic Book, Plucker, EPUB, Fax
· Sidebar with contents, thumbnails, reviews and bookmarks
· Annotations support

Download: https://cdn.kde.org/android/fdroid/repo/okularkirigami-arm64-v8a.apk
or add repo: https://cdn.kde.org/android/fdroid/repo/ in F-droid

#foss #Android #KDE #OpenSource #OSS #Privacy @kde #Okular #pdfviewer #kdecommunity #floss #Linux #epub #Comics #SustainableSoftware

be4foss, 11 months ago to Futurology

Today people all over the world are sharing #ClimateStripes graphics for #ShowYourStripes day.

#KDE is a world-wide community of software engineers, artists, writers, translators and creators. Therefore, posted below are the warming stripes for the entire globe. The picture is alarming.

https://showyourstripes.info/s/globe

What's #software got to do with #sustainability? Glad you asked:

"What is #SustainableSoftware, After All?"

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2023-05-10-what-is-sustainable-software/

#KDEEco #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #ClimateChange