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10 May 2023

What is Sustainable Software, After All?

Cornelius Schumacher  | Categories Sustainability, Blauer Engel, Energy Efficiency, KDE Goals, User Autonomy
"Sustainable Software" is a strategic goal for KDE, focusing on minimizing resource consumption and strengthening user autonomy. The aim is to create software that uses fewer natural resources, reduces energy consumption, and promotes user choice and privacy.
4 May 2023

SoK 2023 Selenium-AT-SPI KDE Eco Power Measurement Proof Of Concept: Achieving Three KDE Goals With One Stone!

Emmanuel Charruau  | Categories SOK23, Selenium, KdeEcoTest, GCompris, AT-SPI, KDE Goals
How Nitin Tejuja's work for Season of KDE (SoK) will help KDE towards its goals.
26 April 2023

Report From The German Parliament's "Sustainable by Design" Conference

Cornelius Schumacher  | Categories Sustainability, Blauer Engel, Energy Efficiency
In this post I report back from the German Parliament's "Nachhaltig by Design" conference, which took place in March 2023. I realize we still have a lot to figure out to ensure we minimize the impact of software on the destruction of our planet. Nonetheless, it is encouraging to see the topic of green digitisation and sustainable software receiving more attention.
20 April 2023

Final Weeks Of SoK23 With KDE Eco: Writing Scripts In Selenium To Reproduce KdeEcoTest Script

Nitin Tejuja  | Categories SOK23, Selenium, KdeEcoTest, GCompris, AT-SPI
My experience writing scripts in Selenium for GCompris activities and reproducing the GCompris KdeEcoTest script.
19 April 2023

Season Of KDE 2023: Wrapping Up My Work With KDE Eco

Rudraksh Karpe  | Categories SOK23, Blauer Engel, KdeEcoTest, GCompris, Kate
This post wraps up my journey as a mentee in Season of KDE 2023. Here I discuss resolving various issues as well as my work expanding the tool set for energy consumption measurements of KDE applications.
14 April 2023

Season Of KDE 2023 With KDE Eco: Improvements To KdeEcoTest

Mohamed Ibrahim  | Categories SOK23, KdeEcoTest, xdotool, pynput, Kate, GCompris, KDE Eco
My experience improving the KdeEcoTest tool, an automation tool that simulates computer actions when measuring the energy consumption of software.
5 April 2023

Season Of KDE 2023 With KDE Eco: Writing Scripts In Selenium To Reproduce KdeEcoTest Script

Nitin Tejuja  | Categories SOK23, Selenium, KdeEcoTest, GCompris, AT-SPI
My experience writing scripts in Selenium for GCompris activities and reproducing the GCompris KdeEcoTest script.
15 March 2023

Adapting Standard Usage Scenario Scripts For KDE Applications: My Journey As A Season Of KDE Mentee

Rudraksh Karpe  | Categories SOK23, Blauer Engel, KdeEcoTest, GCompris, Kate
I am working on the Blue Angel Certification Preparation project, specifically adapting the usage scenario scripts for Kate and GCompris. Here I share my experience and progress in the project.
6 March 2023

Season of KDE 2023 With KDE Eco: Setting Up Selenium For Energy Consumption Measurements

Nitin Tejuja  | Categories SOK23, Selenium, KdeEcoTest, GCompris, AT-SPI
My experience setting up Selenium using 'Selenium-AT-SPI" to measure GCompris's energy consumption.
14 February 2023

KDE Eco Handbook: "Applying The Blue Angel Criteria To Free Software"

Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss  | Categories Sustainability, Blauer Engel, Eco-Certification, Okular, KDE Eco, Community Lab
KDE Eco is proud to announce the publication of the first edition of the measurement handbook "Applying The Blue Angel Criteria To Free Software: A Handbook To Certify Software As Sustainable".