Let's make Windows 10 the last version ever used!
*Sat. 28 Dec. 11h* Stage YELL #KDEEco 's Call To Action against e-waste driven by #Windows10.
*Mon. 30 Dec. 13-15h* B&B habitat join the BoF to organize a global #FreeSoftware campaign to raise awareness of Windows 10's EoL in 2025, the role of software in #eWaste, and how independent, sustainable #FOSS is a solution to keep devices in use & out of the landfill.
https://fahrplan.alpaka.space/jugend-hackt-38c3-2024/talk/ST8NJA/
#38C3 #KDE #OpenSource
@kde
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On the right is the KDE Eco logo of a blue K and a green leaf growing out of it. Under the logo is the website address eco.kde.org.
The text reads:
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Event
38c3 / CCC / Stage YELL
11:00-11:40
Day 2
Opt Green: Coordinating a Windows 10-to-Linux upcycling campaign across Free Software communities worldwide
Windows 10 security updates end on 14 October 2025, KDE's 29th birthday and also, ironically, International E-Waste Day [1] (you cannot make these things up!). Hundreds of millions of functioning devices [2] will become e-waste. This means manufacturing and transporting new ones, which is perhaps the biggest waste of all: hardware production alone can account for over 75% of a device's CO2 emissions over its lifespan.
"""](https://cdn.masto.host/floss/media_attachments/files/113/713/168/547/618/174/original/8650d1d954e0c5dc.png "Screenshot of community stage talk announcement at 38C3 website.
On the right is the KDE Eco logo of a blue K and a green leaf growing out of it. Under the logo is the website address eco.kde.org.
The text reads:
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Event
38c3 / CCC / Stage YELL
11:00-11:40
Day 2
Opt Green: Coordinating a Windows 10-to-Linux upcycling campaign across Free Software communities worldwide
Windows 10 security updates end on 14 October 2025, KDE's 29th birthday and also, ironically, International E-Waste Day [1] (you cannot make these things up!). Hundreds of millions of functioning devices [2] will become e-waste. This means manufacturing and transporting new ones, which is perhaps the biggest waste of all: hardware production alone can account for over 75% of a device's CO2 emissions over its lifespan.
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BoF: Coordinating a Windows 10-to-Linux upcycling campaign across Free Software communities worldwide Youth Operation Center / Bits und Bäume 38C3
Let's coordinate a global Free Software campaign over the next year to raise awareness about the environmental harm of Windows 10 end-of-life, while upgrading users from Windows to GNU/Linux directly.fahrplan.alpaka.space