BE4FOSS (KDE Eco)

@BE4FOSS
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The BE4FOSS project advances eco-certification for resource efficient software in the FOSS community.
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Congratulations to #Okular & @[email protected]
for the official recognition of your outstanding work!

Okular officially celebrated being the 1st application awarded the Blue Angel ecolabel.

Read more here: https://eco.kde.org/blog/2022-09-28_okular_blue-angel-award-ceremony/

2 KDE community members, Alexander Lohnau and Harri Porten, joined Joseph De Veaugh-Geiss to receive the award on behalf of Okular and the KDE community at the EnviroInfo conference in Hamburg.

#KDEEco #BMUV #GermanEnvAgency #EnviroInfo #Sustainability #Environment #FOSS

Blue Angel Award Ceremony At EnviroInfo Conference: Okular Officially Receives Eco-Label, First Ever For Software Product

On Wednesday 28 September Okular celebrated becoming the first Blue Angel eco-certified software product together with the German Environment Agency (‘Umweltbundesamt’), the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld (‘Umwelt Campus Birkenfeld’), and the EnviroInfo conference researchers and attendees.

KDE Eco

Find out the latest updates after last week's problem-solving Sprint here:

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2022-07-25-sprint-lab-follow-up/#followup

The most important news:

> As a result of the Sprint, I am happy to announce that the measurement lab now has a working Python script to read output from the GUDE power meter.

Now the exciting part begins!

Measurement Lab Follow-Up: Sprint Achievements And To-dos

On Saturday 16 July 2022 KDE Eco held the second in-person Sprint for the community measurement lab. This is what we achieved… and what we still have to do! [Updated on Friday, 2 September 2022 after second follow-up Sprint.]

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Measurement Lab Follow-Up: Sprint Achievements And To-dos

On Saturday 16 July 2022 KDE Eco held the second in-person Sprint for the community measurement lab. This is what we achieved… and what we still have to do! [Updated on Friday, 2 September 2022 after second follow-up Sprint.]

KDE Eco

First steps for #KDEEco measurement lab a success! What did we achieve? Read more here:

**#Energy Consumption Lab Is Ready For #FOSS Community! Dispatch From The Sprint**

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2022-05-30-sprint-lab-setup

> On 21 May the first of several Sprints to measure the energy consumption of #FreeSoftware was held. The Sprint had been postponed twice, but the third time was a charm.

Join us at KDE Eco: https://eco.kde.org/get-involved/

#BE4FOSS #FEEP #KDAB #BMUV #GermanEnvAgency #Sustainability #Environment #BlauerEngel

Energy Consumption Lab Is Ready For FOSS Community! Dispatch From The Sprint

On Saturday 21 May 2022 KDE Eco held the first of several in-person Sprints for the community lab to measure the energy consumption of Free Software.

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Open letter from @fsfe @[email protected] and dozens others asking for a more sustainable use of electronic products.

We want a universal right to install and run any software on any device!

https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.html

#KDEEco #FreeSoftware #FOSS #Ecodesign #RightToRepair #UpcyclingAndroid #BE4FOSS #FEEP

Open letter for the right to install any software on any device - FSFE

Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. We enable people to use, understand, adapt, and share software.

FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe

How can KDE and FOSS help computing be eco-friendly? Read more here:

https://opensource.com/article/22/4/linux-kde-eco-certification-okular

Celebrate Earth Day 2022 with opensource.com and KDE Eco!

FOSS means communities can directly influence the factors that contribute to sustainable software design, whether when using the software or developing it. Let's build energy-efficient Free Software together!

#FOSS #FreeSoftware #KDE #KDEEco #RedHat #Sustainability #EarthDay2022

Linux KDE receives first-ever eco-certification for Okular

The open source document viewer is just one element of KDE's initiative to make software more sustainable.

*"GCompris 2.4 Release: Improved Data Efficiency Conserves Network Bandwidth, Saves Energy"*

A simple change both improved image quality and greatly reduced the size of the app!

Read more here:

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2022-04-13-gcompris-data-efficiency/

Overall we reduced the size of #GCompris by between 25% to 30% (~27MB). The reduction in size means downloading it uses less bandwidth and demands less energy!

#KDE #KDEEco #DataEfficiency #Sustainability #Education #FOSS #FreeSoftware

GCompris 2.4 Release: Improved Data Efficiency Conserves Network Bandwidth, Saves Energy

A simple change both improved image quality and greatly reduced the size of the app!

KDE Eco