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Bring it back to life again!

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

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

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

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

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

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The image shows the flyer for the event. The text reads: """ Bring it Back to Life! Friday 28 June 2024 18:00-21:00 Moos Moosdorfstr. 7-9 (S Treptower Park) Revive your old laptop and reduce toxic e-waste with Free & Open Source Software at this drop-in workshop with the KDE Eco community (eco.kde.org). Free of charge! Download me: https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/opt-green/-/raw/master/workshops/2024-06-28_flyer_moos_berlin_workshop-bring-it-back-EN.pdf The most environmentally-friendly device is the one you already own! Beginner friendly, no technical knowledge is necessary. 18:00 Welcome / Introduction 19:00 Laptop upgrade workshop. Bring any laptop for step-by-step help. (Have an old Android smartphone†? Write us!) Questions? Email: alistair@reclaimed.systems or joseph@kde.org †Apple’s policies mean iPhones will not work. """
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    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" () in , Germany.

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

    Where: Umweltbundesamt, Corrensplatz 1 (U3, )

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

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    Old hardware with new software at "Long Night of the Sciences" () with German Environment Agency ().

    The oldest: 21 years old with and up-to-date version of for children to play.

    The newest: 11 years old with Spin.

    In 1st image you can see the handbook (2023) in :

    https://eco.kde.org/handbook/

    In the 2nd the e-book "20 Years of KDE (2016) in :

    https://20years.kde.org/book/

    Amigurumi dolls and a had fun with us too!

    A second image from KDE Eco's stand at the "Long Night Of The Sciences" at the German Environment Agency offices. The computer on the left is 17 years and is running Linux Mint. If you look closely, you can see a cat video playing. The computer on the middle is 21 years old, running Haiku OS. An up-to-date version of GCompris was running on it, which children could play when coming to the booth. The computer on the right is 11 years old running Fedora KDE Spin. The e-book shown is the "20 Years Of KDE" book, which was presented on Arianna e-book reader. The smartphone is a FairPhone 4 running Ubuntu Touch. A cuddly stuffed animal Gnu is seen on the far right of the table. "Environmentally-Friendly Software" leaflets and amigurumi Konqi dolls are distributed around the table. A KDE drop cloth can be seen on the table.

    Image from KDE Eco's stand at the "Long Night Of The Sciences" at the German Environment Agency offices. The computer on the left is 21 years old, running Haiku OS. An up-to-date version of GCompris was running on it, which children could play when coming to the booth. The computer on the right is 11 years old, running Fedora KDE Spin. The PDF shown here is the KDE Eco handbook. The left smartphone is a PinePhone running postmarketOS with Plasma-Mobile. The right smartphone is a FairPhone 4 running Ubuntu Touch. "Environmentally-Friendly Software" leaflets and amigurumi Konqi dolls are distributed around the table. A KDE drop cloth can be seen on the table.
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    MacBook Air owner?

    2018/2019 models are losing support.

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

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

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

    Sustainable, independent : Better for users, best for the .

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    Title: "The most environmentally-friendly device is the one you already own." The image shows a pie chart with Apple Corporation's CO2 emissions. In the center are the total emissions from 2018: "25.2 million metric tons of CO2". The pie chart illustrates the following (from lowest emissions to highest): - End of life treatment accounts for less than 1% of emissions - Corporate facilities account for 2% of emissions - Product transport accounts for 5% of emissions - Usage accounts for 19% of emissions - Production accounts for 74% of emissions The original report from Apple is: "Environmental Responsibility Report: 2019 Progress Report, covering fiscal year 2018": https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/Apple_Environmental_Responsibility_Report_2019.pdf. The full KDE Eco leaflet from which the image was taken is available at: https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/opt-green/-/blob/master/materials/leaflets/kde-eco-umweltfestival-flyer-EN-8.jpg
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    How does KDE measure energy consumption and the of its apps?

    Pradyot Ranjan explains with a quick 4-video primer on Selenium AT-SPI, a tool used to automate tests of GUI applications.

    https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/p/8rDdG3c3UKk55N9VcpmaTR?playlistPosition=1

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    Opt out? Opt in? Opt Green!

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

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

    Say hello to the new project ": 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!

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    Digital sustainability workshop in Berlin 3 June!

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

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

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

    See you there!

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    The flyer for the workshop distributed at Umweltfestival. The text in German says: "Digitalisierung nachhlatig gestalten. Erfahre mehr darüber: 1. wie man alten Smartphones und Computern mit Freier Software ein längeres Leben schenken und damit die Elektroschrottberge reduzieren kann, 2. wie offtene Standards helfen den Lock-In Effekt zu verhindern und was das mit Sozialen Netzwerken zu tun hat. 3.6.2024 ab 18 Uhr c-base, Rungestrasse 20, U+S Bhf Jannowtizbrücke." The English translation is: "Making digitalization sustainable. Learn more about: 1. how to give old smartphones and computers a longer life with Free Software and thus reduce the mountains of electronic waste, 2. how open standards help to prevent the lock-in effect and what this has to do with social networks. 3 June 2024 from 6 pm at c-base, Rungestrasse 20, U+S Bhf Jannowtizbrücke." At the bottom are the logos for Bits & Bäume, FSFE, and KDE Eco.
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    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 will eventually lose support. Thanks to the impressive work of 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 as the default desktop environment!

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    You don't need a new computer for up-to-date software ... just the right software!

    Come to 2024 in to learn about the role of independent in the sustainable use of hardware.

    🗓️ Sunday 28 April, 11-19h
    📍 Straße des 17. Juni (Brandenburg Gate)

    together with (@fsfe) and Bits & Bäume (@bitsundbaeume_berlin) will be there! Some in the and community may be joining as well :)

    @kde

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