request | are you keeping (unsupported) hardware in use by running Plasma?

[Milian Wolff]

On Freitag, 9. Dezember 2022 14:01:48 CET Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss wrote:
> - Distro and desktop environment you use,

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS with KDE Plasma 5.24 LTS

> - hardware information (RAM, etc.), and

MacBook Pro from 2009, I forgot the exact model but something along the lines 
of https://support.apple.com/kb/SP544

> - bonus points if you know that other operating systems have
> discontinued support for that hardware (and if possible a link).

Afair that machine turned EOL in 2019 with macOS 10.10 Yosemite

> Also, feel free to share any stories that may be relevant. For instance,
> I convinced my parents some years ago to switch to GNU/Linux when their
> previous OS was pushing an update that gave them the unfortunate news
> that "This device doesn’t meet minimum system requirements...". They did
> not want to buy new hardware since the hardware was still new and worked
> just fine. In fact, I believe the laptops were only 3 years old! I got
> this email from my mom recently, and I quote: "I am glad that I switched
> 95% of the time."

It is pretty much that story for me too. The machine above belongs to my 
father (82 years old) who simply ignored the security issues with running an 
EOL software for as long as 2022. At some point, a security update on our 
email provider required a new cypher which was not supported by macOS Yosemite 
anymore, so he was not able to read emails anymore. Firefox also stopped 
delivering updates to that OS.

I haven't heard anything really bad from him. The biggest issue is probably 
"it doesn't look exactly like what I used for the last ten years", but he's 
doing a great job at adapting :)

Cheers

> Some information about e-waste (to be included in the handbook):
> 
> - E-waste is considered the "fastest-growing waste stream in the world",
> with 44.7 million metric tons generated in 2016. [1] This is roughly
> equivalent to 4,500 Eiffel towers. [2]
> 
> - In 2018, an estimated 50 million metric tons of e-waste was reported,
> motivating the UN to refer to a "tsunami of e-waste rolling out over the
> world". [3]
> 
> - The numbers continue to rise: in 2021 an estimated 57 million metric
> tons of e-waste was generated globally, a ~25% increase in just 5 years
> from 2016. [4]
> 
> - Less than 20% of e-waste is collected and recycled. [5]
> 
> - Although it makes up only 2% of trash in landfills, e-waste
> contributes to almost 70% of the toxic waste there. [6]
> 
> [1]
> https://www.weforum.org/reports/a-new-circular-vision-for-electronics-time-f
> or-a-global-reboot/ [2]
> https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Climate-Change/Documents/GEM%202017/Global-E-wa
> ste%20Monitor%202017%20.pdf [3] https://news.un.org/en/story/2015/05/497772
> [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61350996
> [5] https://weee-forum.org/ws_news/international-e-waste-day-2021/
> [6]
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/vianneyvaute/2019/04/23/with-love-from-an-orego
> n-prison-how-eric-lundgren-is-going-to-help-you-recycle-all-your-electronics
> /


-- 
Milian Wolff
mail at milianw.de
http://milianw.de
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