Let's make Windows 10 the last version ever used!

*Sat. 28 Dec. 11h* Stage YELL #KDEEco 's Call To Action against e-waste driven by #Windows10.

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/en/event/opt-green-coordinating-a-windows-10-to-linux-upcycling-campaign-across-free-software-communities-worldwide/

*Mon. 30 Dec. 13-15h* B&B habitat join the BoF to organize a global #FreeSoftware campaign to raise awareness of Windows 10's EoL in 2025, the role of software in #eWaste, and how independent, sustainable #FOSS is a solution to keep devices in use & out of the landfill.

https://fahrplan.alpaka.space/jugend-hackt-38c3-2024/talk/ST8NJA/

#38C3 #KDE #OpenSource

@kde

[38c3] Opt Green: Coordinating a Windows 10-to-Linux upcycling campaign across Free Software communities worldwide

This is a talk about digital sustainability and the role software plays in hardware longevity.

38c3

Linux isn’t ready for the mass Market yet. I say that as someone that has been a Windows free household for like over 8 years and who actively attempts to convert as many of my friends as I can.

It is not and probably never will be general market ready. Too fragmented and too many options. Which is why I love it so I wouldn’t want it to change either.

It is ready if you start learning it from children, but people first touches a Windows machine, and then they get used to what they already know.

Example of someone that never touched a Windows, post from 2 years ago: duncanlock.net/…/using-windows-after-15-years-on-…

And I read people that claims they are better on Ubuntu because is what they first started to use (because of lack of money) and now they find it hard to use Windows, because they got used to Linux and they aren’t either programmers.

Maybe what Linux needs is marketing. The Steam console is an example of how well it sells.

Using Windows after 15 years on Linux

I've been using Linux exclusively for ~15 yrs. This is my first time using Windows after a 15-year break. This is how it's been going.

duncan­lock­.net
Some Valve documentation was released concerning third party hardware shipping with SteamOS. Big if true.