KDE Eco
The KDE Eco project advances sustainable software design in Free & Open Source Software.
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7·3 months ago@hecklerundkochli Thank you! There are not many materials yet as the Opt Green project is still in the beginning stages.
All materials will be collected at the project repository: https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/opt-green/.
And eventually they will be included in a how-to e-book for GNU/Linux installations from an environmental perspective.
We will continue to post updates in the project, so keep an eye here for news 🙂
@Nuerion All students are entering 9th grade (14-16 years old).
@Allon @simple Exactly, it enables automation of user behavior so one can measure energy consumption in a replicable way.
This measurement method is described in detail here (see Fig. 4 for lab setup): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167739X17314188
@Satiah @kde A quick look online turned up some results (see, e.g., https://www.xda-developers.com/asus-rog-phone-5-bootloader-unlock-tool-kernel-source/), but nothing I can help with.
That’s a shame you are so far away. Maybe you’d be interested in organizing an installation event yourself 500kms from Berlin? 🙂
Here’s some info about our plans for worldwide events: https://floss.social/@be4foss/112688236048262165
I agree! You may want to check out projects like ComputerTruhe (@computertruhe) and Free Geek.
They have been active in upcycling hardware with Linux for some time now.
If you know of others, let us know in the replies.
@bitfucker Over the next 2 years we plan to organize events like this with volunteers around the world. If you would like to get involved, be in touch!
As part of the “Opt Green” project we are also creating info materials about software-driven e-waste (https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/opt-green/-/blob/master/materials/leaflets/kde-eco-umweltfestival-flyer-EN_final.jpg) and providing Linux installation help and generally documenting what we are doing so others can learn from what is working (and what is not) 🙂
But you don’t have to wait for us: check out your local Linux User Group!
In the project we are embracing and onboarding participants to the many choices one has with Linux, meaning we can tailor the software to the needs of the users themselves!
For newer devices we suggest Fedora (KDE / GNOME) or Linux Mint. For 10+ years old devices Linux Mint XFCE or Lubuntu.
We will try to understand what they want / expect (classic feel? consistent interfaces? newest features? etc.). We will have some demo computers to try out.
Other ideas are welcome! 🙂
Have an old Android smartphone*? Come on by! We may be able to upcycle it with an Android/Linux alternative or even a full GNU/Linux OS.
Friday 28 June 2024, 18:00-21:00 CEST at Moos, Moosdorfstr. 7-9 (S Treptower Park).
*Apple’s policies mean iPhones will not work.
#PlasmaMobile #Phosh #postmarketOS #UbuntuTouch #eOS #CalyxOS #LineageOS #Android #iPhone #Apple
Old hardware with new software at “Long Night of the Sciences” (#LNDW24) with German Environment Agency (#UBA).
The oldest: 21 years old with #HaikuOS and up-to-date version of #GCompris for children to play.
The newest: 11 years old with #Fedora #KDE Spin.
In 1st image you can see the #KDEEco handbook (2023) in #Okular:
In the 2nd the e-book "20 Years of KDE (2016) in #Arianna:
@phoenix Regarding the assumed operating life of devices:
“For the purposes of our assessment, years of use, which are based on first owners, are modeled to be four years for macOS and tvOS devices and three years for iOS and watchOS devices. Most Apple products last longer and are passed along, resold, or returned to Apple by the first owner for others to use.”
Hope that helps!
@phoenix It looks to be statistical inference based on sampled and modelled data. On p. 57 of the report: “To model customer use, we measure the power consumed by a product while it is running in a simulated scenario. Daily usage patterns are specific to each product and are a mixture of actual and modeled customer use data.”
The number of devices for the statistical inferences is: “In fiscal year 2018, we sold 217,722,000 iPhone devices, 43,535,000 iPad units, and 18,209,000 Mac products.”
@GravitySpoiled They may provide security updates for a couple of more years, but as the article points out, Intel Macs in the Apple Silicon era are on their way out.
@MageInBlack @kde Some background: KDE Eco has funded projects supported by the KDE e.V. and community. The name is derived from the website eco.kde.org, originally created for the FOSS-oriented project “Blauer Engel For FOSS” (BE4FOSS). Since 2021 we’ve been in contact with many FOSS projects/communities as well as people working on measuring software’s energy consumption, digital sustainability, etc. Much is still work in progress and as newsworthy things happen we make sure to post about it.
@edison23 @kde You may find some helpful information from the “Upcycling Android” project from @fsfe
https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/howtoupcycle.en.html
KDE Plasma has been reported to work well on computers up 15 years old, and other FOSS projects run on devices even older than that!
At our stand in April at the Umweltfestival, we had a Dell computer from 2003. Debian with LXQt ran on it, but the BeOS-based Haiku ran even more smoothly … and many KDE apps have been ported to Haiku. So we could demo GCompris to families with kids on a device that is 21 years old.
That is the power of transparency and user autonomy!
@d3Xt3r @Bro666 These are, in fact, good examples of how Free Software makes it possible to extend hardware operating life. Though the “Opt Green” project falls under the KDE umbrella, the driving force of the project is that the inherent virtues of FOSS make it possible to support hardware for years and even decades after official support ends. And transparency and user autonomy mean you can contribute to make KDE/FOSS even better! That is simply not possible with proprietary software.
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 :)
Per chi parla italiano, date un’occhiata all’articolo su KDE Eco in Edge9 della rivista online Hardware Upgrade.
“SFSCON 2024: la sostenibilità ambientale passa anche dal software. Il progetto OptGreen di Kde Eco”
https://edge9.hwupgrade.it/news/innovazione/sfscon-2024-la-sostenibilita-ambientale-passa-anche-dal-software-il-progetto-optgreen-di-kde-eco_132031.html
> L’8 e il 9 novembre NOI Techpark, il parco scientifico tecnologico di Bolzano, ospiterà la South Tyrol Free Software Conference (SFSCON), un evento interamente dedicato al free software e aperto al pubblico.
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