SFSCon is this weekend in Bolzano/Bozen!

Watch KDE Eco's #OptGreen talk and join our BoF afterward. Let's begin organizing a global, unified campaign to raise awareness about Windows 10's end of support on 14 October 2025, the role software plays in driving #eWaste, and how independent, sustainable #FreeSoftware is a solution to keep those devices in use and out of the landfill.

https://www.sfscon.it/workshops/opt-green-coordinating-a-windows-10-to-linux-upcycling-campaign-across-free-software-communities-worldwide/

@kde

#SFSCon #Bolzano #KDE #KDEEco #FOSS #OpenSource #Windows10 #Sustainability

"What's New In The Revised Blue Angel Criteria" 💙

Learn about what the changes mean for #KDE / #FOSS:

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-08-26-revised-blue-angel-criteria/

The Blue Angel #ecolabel is the official #environmental label awarded by the German government.

Now #smartphone apps & client-server systems can be certified as #sustainable 🌻, along with desktop software like #Okular as before. And more!

#BlueAngel #BlauerEngel #GermanEnvAgency #UBA #BMUV #KDEEco #sustainability #ecology #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

@kde
@cschum

9th graders learn Linux for the environment!

Last week in #Hannover, #KDEEco joined Akademie der Spiele, an event for 200+ students with 20+ career/cultural workshops.

Students salvaged dozens of computers with #OpenSource #FreeSoftware.

They learned about the #environmental costs of #eWaste and device production.

They presented their work to peers and teachers!

Some even played games🚀

We're proud of our students - congrats for all you achieved in only 5 days!

@kde

#KDE #FOSS #OptGreen

Bring it back to life again!

Revive your old laptop and reduce toxic e-waste with #FreeSoftware at tomorrow's drop-in workshop in #Berlin with the KDE Eco and #RESI community.

Free of charge. Beginner friendly, no technical knowledge needed!

When: Friday 28 June 2024, 18:00-21:00 CEST

Where: #Moos Moosdorfstr. 7-9 (S Treptower Park)

This event is organized with #ReclaimedSystems as part of a weeklong exhibition on digital sustainability.

@kde

#KDEEco #KDE #OptGreen #OpenSource #eWaste

Explore KDE and Free Software, learn about e-waste, and register for the upcoming "Bring It Back!" workshop!

Visit us this Saturday at "Long Night of the Sciences" (#LNDW24) in #Berlin, Germany.

#KDEEco joins the German Environment Agency #UBA and 60 other scientific institutions hosting exciting experiments and science shows.

Where: Umweltbundesamt, Corrensplatz 1 (U3, #Dahlem)

When: Sat. 22 June, 17h-24h!

@kde

#OptGreen #KDE #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #BMUV #Sustainability #eWaste

MacBook Air owner?

2018/2019 models are losing #Apple support.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/the-case-for-and-against-macos-15-sequoia-being-the-final-release-for-intel-macs/

#OptGreen with #GNU/#Linux to keep your device in use! These machines will run beautifully for many years to come.

Not only wallet friendly, #upcycling keeps CO2 emissions out of the atmosphere. Ca. 75% of Apple's emissions comes from production alone (details in alt text).

Sustainable, independent #FreeSoftware: Better for users, best for the #environment.

@kde

#KDE #KDEEco #FOSS #OpenSource #MacBook

Opt out? Opt in? Opt Green!

50% of consumers buy new devices due to unsupported software, while the "tsunami of #eWaste" continues to rise.

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource can keep those devices in use and out of the landfill. Today!

Say hello to the new #KDEEco project "#OptGreen: #SustainableSoftware For Sustainable Hardware".

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-05-29_introducing-ns4nh/

You don't need new hardware for a secure, up-to-date device; you just need the right software!

@kde

#KDE #FOSS #RightToRepair #Sustainability

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

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@lemmy.kde.social

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

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

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)

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