Fwd: [KDE Eco discuss] meetup Wed. 10 July 17h UTC | "Opt Green" project and the KDE community

Mon Jul 8 13:50:35 BST 2024

I would like to invite you to the open discussion at this weeks KDE Eco 
meetup. Your input will help make this project a success!!!

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Subject: [KDE Eco discuss] meetup Wed. 10 July 17h UTC | "Opt Green" 
project and the KDE community
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 14:41:23 +0200
From: Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss <joseph at kde.org>
Organization: KDE e.V.
To: kde-eco-discuss at kde.org

Next KDE Eco meetup is this Wednesday *10 July* 17-18h UTC! This week 
I'd like to brainstorm how the "Opt Green" project [0] can align with 
and engage the KDE community over the next two years.

See below for details and some initial thoughts.

_Overview_

*When*: Wed. 10 July 17-18h UTC

*Where*: https://meet.kde.org/b/jos-l59-2i1-9yt

*Topic*: brainstorming engagement opportunities of the "Opt Green" 
project with the KDE community

*Pad*: Ideas are collected at this pad, please add ideas of your own:

        https://collaborate.kde.org/s/cactBt4frrfTjbW

*Details*: The goal of the new KDE Eco outreach project is to reduce 
e-waste by extending the operating lives of devices with sustainable KDE 
and Free Software. The primary target audience are "eco-consumers", 
those whose consumer behavior is driven by principles related to the 
environment. The project includes online and offline campaigns as well 
as upcycling workshops.

Now is an opportune time for the project's message. In 2025 
end-of-support for Windows 10 is estimated to obsolete over 240 million 
devices. [1] Support for Intel Macs is "fading ever farther into Apple's 
rearview". [2] That's hundreds of million potential users who may want 
to keep using their devices, but may not know (yet!) that this is an 
option with Free Software. These are modern, powerful devices that KDE 
would run beautifully on.

But those are not the only devices the project is targeting. Working 
devices 15+ years old are also in our scope. How well does KDE Plasma 
run on these devices? How well do individual KDE apps? And how can we 
find out? (Perhaps we can hold an "oldest supported device" 
competition?) Is there interest from the community in trying to support 
hardware that old? What development work would that entail? These are 
just some of the questions coming up as we get the project off the 
ground. Others include:

   - Okular's eco-certification expires soon. Community interest in 
extending Blue Angel certification? Importance of certification for the 
project?
   - Integrating energy consumption measurements for more KDE software? 
The KEcoLab is all set up, but it needs more testing and more developers 
using it. [3] How can developers use this lab to make KDE more energy 
efficient?
   - Promoting transparency in energy efficiency and sustainability? 
Work on the Eco "About" dialogue has stalled. Anyone want to help us 
cross the finish line with that? [4]
   - How to give Plasma a little bit more personality? [5] How might 
branding help target our sustainability message to what KDE Plasma sees 
as potential users? [6]
   - State of immmutable OS devices (BananaOS, Kinoite [7], Kalpa [8])? 
Experiences? Are they ready for end users?

Add your ideas to the above notes at the pad:

    https://collaborate.kde.org/s/cactBt4frrfTjbW

This discussion can help define an agenda for a KDE Eco BoF at Akademy 
in 2 months!

Looking forward to brainstorming with many of you there 🙂

Cheers,
Joseph

[0] "Opt Green: KDE Eco's New Sustainable Software Project"

    https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-05-29_introducing-ns4nh/

[1] "The end of Windows 10 support could turn 240 million PCs into e-waste"

https://www.canalys.com/insights/end-of-windows-10-support-could-turn-240-million-pcs-into-e-waste

[2] "MacBook Air gets hosed, other models hold steady in macOS 15 as 
Intel support fades"

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

[3] https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/remote-eco-lab

[4] https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/sustainable-software-goal/-/issues/2

[5] https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/issues/132

[6] https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/issues/132#note_984211

[7] https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/kinoite/

[8] https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Kalpa
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KDE Eco Project & Community Manager
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