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Goals Sprint Recap

Thursday, 5 September 2024 | Cornelius Schumacher
Categories: KDE Eco, Sustainable Software

Recap of what we did at the goals sprint and where we are today.

What's New In The Revised Blue Angel Criteria

Monday, 26 August 2024 | Cornelius Schumacher
Categories: KDE Eco, Sustainable Software, Blue Angel

The criteria for the Blue Angel for resource- and energy-efficient software have been updated. What has changed and what does that mean for KDE?

Get Started With Selenium: 4 Short Video Tutorials

Tuesday, 2 July 2024 | Emmanuel Charruau and Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss
Categories: SoK, Selenium, Sustainability, KDE Goals, KDE Eco

In just 8 minutes you too will be ready to start using Selenium AT-SPI.

Opt Green: KDE Eco's New Sustainable Software Project

Wednesday, 29 May 2024 | Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss
Categories: KDE Eco, Sustainable Software, Sustainable Hardware

KDE Eco has begun a new initiative "Opt Green: Sustainable Software For Sustainable Hardware".

Ensuring KEcoLab Stability: Introducing Dedicated CI-Test

Friday, 12 April 2024 | Sarthak Negi
Categories: SoK, KEcoLab, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Software Goal

KEcoLab, a tool for measuring software energy consumption, needs robust testing to ensure its functionality after every code change. This blog post presents the work I did in Season of KDE 2024 implementing dedicated test builds using Kate test scripts to achieve this goal. By implementing a dedicated "test-build" and "integration" stage within the CI/CD pipeline, we can enhance KEcoLab's reliability and maintain confidence in its results.

How Selenium Helps Build Sustainable Software (And More)

Thursday, 11 April 2024 | Pradyot Ranjan
Categories: SoK, Selenium, Sustainability, KDE Goals, KDE Eco

Enhancing and promoting Selenium to achieve KDE's goals.

KEcoLab in SoK24: Incorporating Energy-Consumption Measurements In The CI/CD Pipeline

Thursday, 28 March 2024 | Aakarsh MJ
Categories: SoK, KEcoLab, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Software Goal

KEcoLab

Sustainability has been one of three goals at KDE over the past 2 years. One aspect of this goal is to measure the energy consumption of KDE software. To do this, it is necessary to access the lab in KDAB, Berlin, which can now be done remotely using KEcoLab.