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What is Sustainable Software, After All?

10 May 2023  | 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.

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

4 May 2023  | 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.

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

26 April 2023  | 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.

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

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

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

19 April 2023  | 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.

Season Of KDE 2023 With KDE Eco: Improvements To KdeEcoTest

14 April 2023  | 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.

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

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

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

15 March 2023  | 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.

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

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

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

14 February 2023  | 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".