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What's good for hardware is good for the budget … and environment! 🌻
LliureX #Linux with #KDEPlasma in Valencian schools saves the public administration *3.5 million euros a year* for 110,000 computers. [1]
* School HW has lifespan up to 18 years while running up-to-date software [2]
* Cheap easy-to-manage "light clients" ideal for very old upcycled HW [3]
* LliureX-Shutdowner saves energy by turning off unused computers school-wide [4]
Promote sustainable Free & Open Source Software in your community!
https://eco.kde.org/grow-green/
- Read The Opt Green Support Handbook
- Distribute The Sustainable Software Flyer
- Host Install Parties In Your Community #EndOf10 #DIDay
Together we can make a *more free* and *more sustainable* digital society.
@kde@floss.social @Endof10@floss.social
#KDE #KDEEco #OptGreen #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #SustainableSoftware #GreenSoftware #Sustainability #eWaste
Wie würdest du diesen Satz vervollständigen:
Das nachhaltigste Gerät ist …?
Fällt dir nicht sofort eine Antwort ein? Dann schau dir doch mal den Artikel von KDE Eco in der neuesten Ausgabe von @fiff_de@mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org an.
*Mit Opt Green und End of 10 zu längerer Hardware-Lebensdauer und Nutzungsautonomie*
Seiten 42–45: https://www.fiff.de/fiff-kommunikation/2026/2/
#KDE #KDEEco #FIfF #EndOf10 #OptGreen #Nachhaltigkeit #FreieSoftware #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #eWaste #CO2 #digitalesouveranitat
Calling all Artists, Designers, Illustrators, Pythonistas & Gamers
Tired of corporations deciding how you use your computer?
Want to keep using your computer for years to come?
Join us to install #Linux with KDE 
software at the #EndOf10 Akademy Edition party :party_sparkles:
https://akademy.kde.org/2025/eo10-akademy/
Discover the world of #FreeSoftware!
When: Thurs. 11 Sept. 16-20h
Where: TU #Berlin, Room 3005
Map: https://osm.org/go/0MZu16s5r
#Akademy #KDE #KDEEco #FOSS #FLOSS #Python #LinuxGaming #Art
Wishing our community a very happy 29th birthday!
14 Oct is not only KDE's birthday, but also International #eWaste Day & the end of "free" support for #Windows10.
KDE is the organization behind #KDEEco with the goal of strengthening sustainability in the development & adoption of #FreeSoftware #OpenSource software.
KDE Eco's #OptGreen put the cross-community campaign #EndOf10 into motion at #SFSCon 2024.
Donate to #KDE today & support our amazing work: https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/
#OptGreen: Eine nachhaltigere digitale Welt ist möglich
> Laptops, Smartphones und andere Geräte werden schnell "alt". Dabei spielt Software eine große Rolle. Oft bekommst du nach 3-5 Jahren die Meldung, dass dein Gerät die Mindestanforderungen für das neuste Update nicht mehr erfüllt. Oder eine App, die du installieren willst, benötigt ein Update, das dein Gerät nicht unterstützt. Das ist ärgerlich, besonders wenn das Gerät eigentlich noch funktioniert.
Mass migration from Windows - why would you want to do that? Exploring the benefits beyond 😎 cool…
"Mass Migration from #Windows: Why and How" from Patrick Fitzgerald at #Akademy 15:35 CEST today 😍
Live stream
Peertube: https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/n2E9nPbmQVbFmDjjm4SQMJ
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMKDByGiccE
More info: https://conf.kde.org/event/9/contributions/280/
#EndOf10 #KDE #KDEEco #Linux #GNULinux #FOSS #FLOSS #Windows10
Learn about the End Of 10 campaign tomorrow (Sat) at #Akademy 2025 in Berlin! 🚀
4 campaign contributors will present the global call to action to migrate :windows: #Windows users to 🐧 #Linux!
When: Sat. 6 Sept. from 14:15-14:55
Where: TU #Berlin, Room 1
https://conf.kde.org/event/9/contributions/266/
Meet the speakers and bring your ideas for the campaign to the BoF on Monday Room 2 from 13-13:55.
#KDE #EndOf10 #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #GNULinux #Windows10 #Windows11 #Sustainability #Migrate2Linux
While you're at it, join tonight (Thursday !!!) at #Ecosia for PyLadies Berlin June Talk evening 🚀 with 3 excellent talks:
@berlin_pyladies@mastodon.social @kde
#PyLadiesBerlin #KDEEco #KDE #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Win10 #EndOf10
Primo programma per computer con certificazione ecologica: il popolare lettore PDF di #KDE #Okular
Il prodotto software libero e open source multipiattaforma è ufficialmente riconosciuto per la progettazione di software sostenibile.
https://eco.kde.org/it/blog/2022-03-16-press-release-okular-blue-angel/
Per la trasparenza nell'uso dell'energia, il prolungamento della vita operativa dei dispositivi e l'autonomia degli utenti. Il primo software eco-certificato all'interno di 30 organizzazioni del Global Ecolabelling Network!
How do IT and data governance strategies impact the environment?
"The Climate Needs #FAIR and #FOSS: A #Sustainability Perspective on Research Data and Software Management" (Lecture Notes in Informatics)
https://doi.org/10.18420/inf2025_92
"We argue that by implementing policies ensuring the re-use of data and code, research institutions enable digital objects — and, crucially, the hardware they are processed on — to be used more efficiently and for longer."
Like to reduce the energy consumption of your software? Curious to learn how?
Come to Karanjot's talk "#KEcoLab: KDE's Automation Tool For #Energy ⚡ Consumption Measurements" at #Akademy in Berlin tomorrow (Sat)! 🚀
When: Sat. 6 Sept. from 11:25-12:05
Where: TU #Berlin, Room 2
https://conf.kde.org/event/9/contributions/263/
KEcoLab allows data-driven software development prioritizing #EnergyEfficiency, while making it easy to obtain reports needed to #EcoCertify software with the #BlueAngel!
Emulating user behavior is a crucial part of energy consumption measurements.
Check out Oreoluwa Oluwasina's work (@Ore@floss.social) in Season of KDE improving #KdeGuiTest, a tool for usage scenario scripting. Her work includes adding a new user interface!
*KdeGuiTest (KdeEcoTest) in SoK25: Debugging, Building an Interactive User Interface, and More*
#KDE #software is many things: free, beautiful, performant, customizable. How about all of that plus #sustainable?
KDE adopts #SustainableSoftware as one of 3 overarching goals to focus on!
> Software has an impact on our future. It has an affect on #energy and #resource usage. KDE can deliver software which does this in a way which preserves #environment and society for us and future generations.
https://community.kde.org/Goals/Sustainable_Software
#KDEEco #BE4FOSS #FEEP #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #ClimateCrisis
Products tethered to manufacturer software creates #eWaste.
Free & Open Source Software and Open Hardware are a solution!
"Escaping the chains of tethered products: the #JuiceRescue project"
https://natematias.com/portfolio/2025-08-22-unchaining-from-broken-software-tethers/
Lessons learned:
* Tethered products cheat consumers out of products they paid for
* People can organize in powerful ways
* Governments can reduce the risks
Original toot: @natematias@social.coop@floss.social
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #OpenHardware #OptGreen #KDEEco #FOSS #Juicebox #EV
@solderandchaos@mastodon.me.uk
For the Opt Green project we have a demo machine old enough to have graduated from college. I found it works best running Haiku OS.
We tried to think of specific use cases and install software for those use cases.
Two examples:
- A child's first computer: GCompris educational software
- Writers who want a distraction free computer: Texteditors (Calligra Words, LibreOffice Writer, AbiWord, Ghostwriter markdown editor)
Hope that helps!
