End Of 10 at #FOSDEM!
#KDEEco 's Call To Action against #eWaste driven by Windows
BoF *Sun 2 Feb 14:00* Room H.3242
Global #FreeSoftware campaign to raise awareness of #Windows 10 EoL and how independent software keeps devices in use & out of the landfill!
Same day just before, learn how #FOSS enables a circular digital economy *11:55-12:05* #Energy #DevRoom H.2214
#EndOf10 #OptGreen #KDE :kde: #OpenSource #Sustainability #Environment
Might FOSS & Indy software have grown enough so that in carbon emissions/footprint to water in the world’s oceans terms, they’ve removed a 1 gallon plastic bucket of water a year from said oceans, it’s possible, but a human baby eye droppers worth is more likely, while big tech pours in thousands of gallons of water back, per day…which is why such claims amount to #GreenWashing not real progress…and they’re definitely not a rationale to hold a conference, unless it’s to support the entire mess of speeding along planned obsolescence in the tech sphere.
When’s the conference of used car sellers, on how they reduce the #CarbonFootprint of the #AutomobileIndustry as it’d rival this one for #KDE on Indy software & #FOSS ?
If the angle was, how FOSS can & was reducing electric need & thusly emissions by it not needing to be updated as frequently online &/or it blocked all tracking & thusly the transmission of data was the reduction - then I’d hold that as valid at least with a huge chunk of what I’ve seen in #FOSS — and exploring how that can be expanded would definitely be interesting, but until FOSS partners in a serious & sizable way with engineers & builders of #hardware, it isn’t going to reduce the #CarbonFootprint of said hardware that’s now deliberately designed to break quickly & easily.