KDE Eco | measurement labs | community meetup Fri. 8 Oct. 13:00 CEST

[Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss]

Hi Johnny, hi all,

On Wednesday, September 29, 2021 8:40:18 PM CEST Johnny Jazeix wrote:
> Hi Joseph,
> 
> it will be complicated for Timothée or myself to join but I'll try.
> 

It would be great to have you both!

> If anyone else on the list wants to participate, please don't hesitate, it
> would be really nice to measure the energy GCompris consumes and how to
> improve it!
> 

And everyone else is also welcome :)

> Do you know if the meeting will be recorded/accessible later in case nobody
> can participate?
> 

We will not be recording a video of the meeting, but we will take notes and I 
will post a link to them to the GCompris mailing list.

This is one of several meetings to plan for a measurement lab, and I will make 
certain to let this list know about the next meeting(s). Perhaps of interest: 
We hope to organize a Sprint (likely Jan. 2022) to get a lab set up and do a 
measure-athon, including GCompris.

And to add: We are also discussing other ways to measure the energy efficiency 
of software, including CPU usage, which would be easier since no lab is 
necessary -- but at the moment those measurements would not be enough to 
obtain Blauer Engel eco-certification.

Hope to meet some of you next Friday 8 Oct. at 13:00 CEST! Be in touch if you 
have questions or comments.

Cheers,
Joseph

P.s. Here are the minutes and presentation from the last community meetup:

  https://invent.kde.org/joseph/be4foss/-/tree/master/community-meetups

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Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss
BE4FOSS Project and Community Manager (KDE Eco)

> Johnny
> 
> Le lun. 27 sept. 2021 à 12:40, Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss <joseph at kde.org> a
> 
> écrit :
> > Hello GCompris enthusiasts,
> > 
> > I would like to personally reach out to the GCompris community to invite
> > you
> > to the next KDE Eco meetup (Fri. 8 Oct. 13:00 CEST)! We will meet at the
> > 
> > following BigBlueButton room:
> >     https://meet.kde.org/b/jos-l59-2i1-9yt
> > 
> > Please see below for the full announcement.
> > 
> > In order to make FOSS/KDE software more resource efficient, KDE Eco aims
> > to set
> > up labs to measure the energy consumption of various applications. Given
> > its
> > unique focus on education for kids, *GCompris is of interest as an
> > application
> > to measure*. And once measurements have been done, applying for Germany's
> > Blauer Engel eco-certification is straightforward --- this eco-label
> > recognizes
> > environmentally-friendly software design and will differentiate GCompris
> > from
> > other e-learning tools, making it even more attractive to users.
> > 
> > It would be wonderful to have you join in the conversation next week!
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Joseph
> > 
> > KDE Eco: Building Energy-Efficient Free Software!
> > 
> > Mailing list:
> > https://mail.kde.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/energy-efficiency
> > Matrix: https://webchat.kde.org/#/room/#energy-efficiency:kde.org
> > Forum: https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=334
> > 
> > ---
> > Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss
> > BE4FOSS Project and Community Manager (KDE Eco)
> > 
> > 
> > ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> > 
> > Subject: KDE Eco | measurement labs | community meetup  Fri. 8 Oct. 13:00
> > CEST
> > Date: Monday, September 27, 2021, 10:14:32 AM CEST
> > From: Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss <joseph at kde.org>
> > To: energy-efficiency at kde.org, bitsundbaeume at lists.posteo.de,
> > berlin at lists.fsfe.org, fiff-l at lists.fiff.de, kde-community at kde.org, kde-
> > devel at kde.org
> > 
> > Apologies for cross-posting!
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > the second KDE Eco community meetup will take place on *Friday 8 October*
> > at
> > 
> > *13:00 CEST* (UTC+2). We will meet at the following link:
> >     https://meet.kde.org/b/jos-l59-2i1-9yt
> > 
> > All are welcome!
> > 
> > This meeting will be focused on *energy consumption measurements in the
> > lab*.
> > One of KDE Eco's long-term goals is to make FOSS/KDE software more
> > efficient --
> > labs are one way to measure and then drive down the energy consumption of
> > our
> > software! The main goal of the meeting is to identify what needs to be
> > done to
> > get there: who, what, where, when, how?
> > 
> > _Plan_
> > - 10-15 minutes: Achim Guldner, Franziska Mai & Christopher Stumpf will
> > present details of the measurement lab at Umwelt-Campus
> > - 5-10 minutes: David Hurka will provide an overview of task automation
> > tools
> > (e.g., Actiona) for replicating standard usage scenarios
> > - 35-50 minute discussion question: What do we need to do to set up
> > measurement labs for the FOSS/KDE community?
> > - Breakout rooms: Who can do what?
> > 
> > Another idea to discuss: organizing a Sprint to set up a lab and do a
> > measure-
> > athon of KDE software for /Blauer Engel/ eco-certification.
> > 
> > I look forward to seeing many of you (again) there!
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Joseph
> > 
> > KDE Eco: Building Energy-Efficient Free Software!
> > 
> > Mailing list:
> > https://mail.kde.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/energy-efficiency
> > Matrix: https://webchat.kde.org/#/room/#energy-efficiency:kde.org
> > Forum: https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=334
> > 
> > ---
> > Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss
> > BE4FOSS Project and Community Manager (KDE Eco)