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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”
> 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.
@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).
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! 🙂
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 :)
@kde Join our BoF today in person at 14:40 CET at #SFSCon!