cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/be4foss/statuses/112332015705832479

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

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/3036509

There is apparently a printer that can use spent coffee or tea leaves to print. I love this idea but I would not buy a printer when so many are being thrown away. I pull them out of dumpsters with intent to repair them. So the question is, can they be hacked to work with coffee or tea?

Canon actually disclosed how to hack their cartridges as a consequence of a semiconductor shortage due to coronavirus. So this suggests #Canon could be a candidate for this hack. Has anyone tried it? How precisely do we have to match the viscosity of homemade ink to the original ink?

Low tech magazine

In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

Apple stunned the world when it came out in support of California’s right-to-repair law. But software locks and other obstacles seem to signal that the fight is far from over.

Using solar panels without backup infrastructure makes renewable energy production much more affordable, efficient and sustainable.

Turn your bike into an electric bike.

Fairphone shows it's possible for companies to support devices longer than three years. Now it trickles up.

Repost from OSnews.

FWIW, I don't agree just because of the screen but it's still better than anything on the market today.

Lol. Just buy a Seiko.

A little bigger, eight years of support, ability to repair when things break. Still no headphone jack and the AMOLED display is a regression. Expensive but doesn't use slave labor so that's good. I'll stick with the FP4

An open source, repairable blender.

An airpods pro case with a replaceable battery and USB-C charging.

The G42 continues Nokia’s quest to make at-home smartphone repairs simple, accessible and affordable

It looks like Framework lit a fire at Lenovo.

Called Project Aurora, it remains in the concept phase, but is Lenovo exploring methods of execution.

Nothing tangible for consumers yet, but for the past decade Lenovo has been on this march towards consumer-hostility. First with DRM on batteries; then with keyboards built into the topcase, followed by integrated batteries; and now with some series soldered memory, network cards, and only a USB-C option.

As more traditional ThinkPad enthusiasts look at Framework and other brands, it looks like Lenovo is having second thoughts about their road towards planned obsolescence.

Even if Lenovo can get back to where they were in 2011 with repairability, it would be great.

Going a step further -- allowing us to upgrade parts and motherboards over the years, would be amazing but I wouldn't count on it.

The EU's Press Release on User-Replacable Batteries

Batteries are key to the decarbonisation process and the EU's shift towards zero-emission modes of transport. At the same time end-of-life batteries contain many valuable resources and we must be able to reuse those critical raw materials instead of relying on third countries for supplies. The new rules will promote the competitiveness of European industry and ensure new batteries are sustainable and contribute to the green transition. -Teresa Ribera

"“A portable battery should be considered to be removable by the end-user when it can be removed with the use of commercially available tools”"

Additionally, the manufacturer should make batteries available for SEVEN years after release.

A step in the right direction, IMO. Now mandate software support for that duration.

system76 has produced laptops for years that support Linux, but they have always been rebrands of Clevo. Now that they will be designing their own in-house laptop, Principal Engineer Jeremy Soller has announced that it will be completely open, and licensed under the GPLv3.

Soller:

This will be the most open, modern x86 motherboard design I know of.

GitHub - system76/virgo