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The Computing Longevity project

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By:

Seanpm2001, Et; Al.


Main projects


Current major hardware projects

User friendly paper printer

I have a project I want to put some effort towards: a 2D printer with no strings attached.

The world has been plagued by crippleware, vendor lock-in printers for well over a decade now. A printer will stop functioning within months of purchase, just to get you to buy a new printer, a printer will refuse to allow ink cartridges designed for a different printer, or a different model of a printer. This has gone on for FAR too long.

I am willing to support an effort to have a company that produces long-lasting, free and open source printers. The main requirements are:

  • The printer must consist of ONLY FLOSS software, with no proprietary bits
  • The printer must accept any ink cartridge from any manufacturer
  • The printer must be under $500 (for small printers, adjusted for 2022 December inflation levels)

Additional ideas (recommendations):

  • No cartridges, just pour the ink into the printer (separate ink slots for separate ink colors, of course, unless mixing it would somehow work)

Notes

  • There may be one, two... or many companies that already do this, just not very commonly known
  • This project is going to shout out the best company, the origin country will be a factor, but not a major one ([WARNING: Politics] unless it is a country currently involved in dangerously severe human rights abuses, such as China, Russia, North Korea, won't list any more countries here)

Printer software I currently see hope for includes:

:octocat: OpenPrinting

Major enemies of the good printer:

  • Canon
  • Dell
  • Epson
  • HP

This isn't very much of an environmental process (paper = trees, ink = ink + plastic) but it kind of is at the same time (less hardware waste in landfills)

Standard method for creating a desktop computer that can last 50+ years

A lot of current devices only are designed to last 1-4 years. This is a problem, as it makes it expensive to consistently own a computer, and it leads to electronic waste.

I want the world to have a computer that can easily last 10 years, and with careful usage, last 50 years or longer. It is doable, for example, the Nintendo Entertainment System is from the year 1985, and discontinued in 1995, but fully functional models are still fairly common 28 years later (as of 2023) we need to build computers that can last this long, and have this durability become common.

The computer should be able to last 50 years without half of the components requiring replacement.

Limiting the landfills

There is a huge environmental problem that has been established by Samsung, Google, Apple, and many other companies caused by a flawed business model of selling a new line of phones every year.

Originally, there were lots of improvements, but nowadays, nothing notable changes on the device except for the camera (the Samsung Galaxy S8, S9, S10, S20, S21, S22, and S23 are examples of this)

Due to (many, but not all) people buying new phones every year, the old phones are considered obsolete, and become electronic waste. Scale this with 2 billion people, and a yearly interval, and you can see that thousands of tons of metal is dumped into landfills every decade. These phones don't need to be tossed, this issue arises from planned obsolescence, and the right to repair, which must be tackled first.

Strengthening the right to repair and banning planned obsolescence

The right to repair is one of the most important rights regarding computer hardware. Unfortunately, it is being trampled on, so that new devices can be created and sold yearly (see: limiting the landfills) there are 2 major battles here:

  • The right to repair
  • Government ban of planned obsolescence

What is the right to repair>

The right to repair is the right that when you purchase a device from a company, you can take it to anyone (not just its manufacturer or seller) and have it be repaired for a reasonable cost, so that the device can continue being used.

Unfortunately, a lot of companies don't like the right to repair, as it prevents them from selling excess hardware. Examples include Apple using overly complex and rare mechanical parts (such as very uncommon bolts) on its iPhone, or Windows 11 "forcing" people to buy a much more expensive computer.

What is planned obsolescence?

Planned obsolescence is the practice of selling a computer (notably a cellular phone/"smart" phone) with software that is designed to make the device become slower and unusable over a duration of (commonly) 1-4 years, so that users are enticed to buy the latest phone when it comes out. Some forms of planned obsolescence make the device stop working a decade after the operating system is installed (not related to the UNIX Y2K38 bug or the Windows Y2K bug)

Self-replicating computer research

In the future, a computer should be able to rebuild itself upon getting damaged/worn, upon being given the supplies to repair itself.


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Translations in languages other than English are machine translated and are not yet accurate. No errors have been fixed yet as of March 21st 2021. Please report translation errors here. Make sure to backup your correction with sources and guide me, as I don't know languages other than English well (I plan on getting a translator eventually) please cite wiktionary and other sources in your report. Failing to do so will result in a rejection of the correction being published.

Note: due to limitations with GitHub's interpretation of markdown (and pretty much every other web-based interpretation of markdown) clicking these links will redirect you to a separate file on a separate page that isn't the intended page. You will be redirected to the .github folder of this project, where the README translations are hosted.

Translations are currently done with Bing translate and DeepL. Support for Google Translate translations is coming to a close due to privacy concerns.


Index

00.0 - Top

00.1 - Title

00.2 - Read this article in a different language

00.3 - Index

01.0 - Description

02.0 - About

03.0 - History

03.1 - Pre-history

03.2 - Alpha History

03.3 - Beta History

03.4 - Modern History

04.0 - Wiki

05.0 - Non-compliant software

06.0 - Compliant software

07.0 - Non-compliant hardware

08.0 - Compliant hardware

09.0 - Copying

10.0 - Credits

11.0 - Authors

12.0 - Installation

13.0 - 404 page

14.0 - Version history

15.0 - Software status

16.0 - Sponsor info

17.0 - Contributers

18.0 - Issues

18.1 - Current issues

18.2 - Past issues

18.3 - Past pull requests

18.4 - Active pull requests

19.0 - Resources

20.0 - Contributing

21.0 - About README

22.0 - README Version history

23.0 - Technical notes

24.0 - Footer

24.9 - End of file


Computing-longevity

The website for the Computational Longevity Standardization project.


About

See above. This project is for Computing longevity and longevity standards. Its current goals are to:

  • End planned obsolescence in both software and hardware

  • Catalog various hardware and software and its compliance with these standards.

The main goal is for computers to last at minimum 50 years, and software to work until an eternity after the end of time.


History

This project has a short history so far.

Pre-history

This project was published on 2021 August 20th at 5:08 pm in compliance with a new goal of software and hardware longevity compliance. It received a little bit of development before being abandoned for 14 days. Its foundation was laid, and a website was created. I experienced my first GitHub pages build fail here with the INSTALL file, this was later fixed in the 2021 Saturday 4th update.

Alpha history

I finally got to updating this project on 2021 Saturday 4th, mainly fixing the website, and getting it ready and up to date. I also fixed the error by temporarily deleting 2 files. Once I figure out how to add the file back without conflict, I will.

Beta history

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Modern history

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Wiki

Click/tap here to view this projects Wiki

If the project has been forked, the Wiki was likely removed. Luckily, I include an embedded version. You can view it here.


Non-compliant software

The following software is certified to be NOT compliant with any software longevity standards.

  • Windows 95

  • Windows 98

  • Windows 2000

  • Windows ME

  • Windows NT 4

  • Windows NT 5

  • Windows XP

  • Windows Vista

  • Windows 7

  • Windows 8

  • Windows 8.1

  • Windows 10

  • Windows 11

(Reason for non-compliance: requires an Internet connection/serial number to install, cannot work at or after the year 10000)

  • Microsoft Office (all versions prior to Microsoft Office 4.0)

(Reasons for non-compliance: requires an Internet connection/serial number to install, cannot work at or after the year 10000)

32 bit Linux

16 bit Linux

8 bit Linux

AmigaOS

AmigaOS 2

AmigaOS 3

AmigaOS 4

Ubuntu 4.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 5.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 5.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 6.06 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 6.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 7.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 7.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 8.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 8.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 9.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 9.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 10.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 10.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 11.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 11.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 12.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 12.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 13.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 13.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 14.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 14.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 15.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 15.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 16.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 16.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 17.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 17.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 18.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 18.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 19.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 19.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 20.04 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 20.10 (32 bit)

Ubuntu 21.04 (32 bit)

Fedora Core 1 (32 bit)

Fedora Core 2 (32 bit)

Fedora Core 3 (32 bit)

Fedora Core 4 (32 bit)

Fedora Core 5 (32 bit)

Fedora Core 6 (32 bit)

Fedora 7 (32 bit)

Fedora 8 (32 bit)

Fedora 9 (32 bit)

Fedora 10 (32 bit)

Fedora 11 (32 bit)

Fedora 12 (32 bit)

Fedora 13 (32 bit)

Fedora 14 (32 bit)

Fedora 15 (32 bit)

Fedora 16 (32 bit)

Fedora 17 (32 bit)

Fedora 18 (32 bit)

Fedora 19 (32 bit)

Fedora 20 (32 bit)

Fedora 21 (32 bit)

Fedora 22 (32 bit)

Fedora 23 (32 bit)

Fedora 24 (32 bit)

Fedora 25 (32 bit)

Fedora 26 (32 bit)

Fedora 27 (32 bit)

Fedora 28 (32 bit)

Fedora 29 (32 bit)

Fedora 30 (32 bit)

Fedora 31 (32 bit)

Fedora 32 (32 bit)

Fedora 33 (32 bit)

Fedora 34 (32 bit)

Fedora 35 (32 bit)

Fedora 36 (32 bit)

Minecraft (due to the require of online registration to install)

Windows XP mode (due to the requirement of online registration to install, and being 32 bit software)

Windows Server 2003 (online registration required)

Windows Server 2003 R2 (online registration required)

Windows Server 2008 (online registration required)

Windows Server 2008 R2 (online registration required)

Windows Server 2012 (online registration required)

Windows Server 2012 R2 (online registration required)

Windows Server 2016 (online registration required)

Windows Server 2016 R2 (online registration required)

Windows Server 2019 (online registration required)

Windows Server 2019 R2 (online registration required)

Red Hat Linux (all versions)

RHEL (pre-v6)

RHEL 7 (32 bit)

RHEL 8 (32 bit)

RHEL 9 (32 bit)

Debian Linux 1 (32 bit)

Debian Linux 2 (32 bit)

Debian Linux 3 (32 bit)

Debian Linux 4 (32 bit)

Debian Linux 5 (32 bit)

Debian Linux 6 (32 bit)

Debian Linux 7 (32 bit)

Debian Linux 8 (32 bit)

Debian Linux 9 (32 bit)

Debian Linux 10 (32 bit)

Debian Linux 11 (32 bit)

Debian Linux 12 (32 bit)

K Desktop Environment 1.x (32 bit)

K Desktop Environment 2.x (32 bit)

K Desktop Environment 3.x (32 bit)

KDE Plasma 4 (32 bit)

KDE Plasma 5 (32 bit)

GNOME 1 (32 bit)

GNOME 2 (32 bit)

GNOME 3 (32 bit)

GNOME 40 (32 bit)

GNOME 41 (32 bit)

Adobe Photoshop (all versions) (requires online registration)

Adobe Flash (all versions) (requires online registration)

Adobe Animate (all versions) (requires online registration)

Adobe InDesign (all versions) (requires online registration)

Adobe Bridge (all versions) (requires online registration)

Adobe Muse (all versions) (requires online registration)

Adobe Premiere Pro (all versions) (requires online registration)

Adobe After effects (all versions) (requires online registration)

Adobe Dreamweaver (all versions) (requires online registration)

Adobe Creative cloud (all versions) (requires online registration)

Adobe (all versions) (requires online registration)

Java (32 bit)

JavaScript (32 bit)

Python (32 bit)

Ruby (32 bit)

SQL (32 bit and 16 bit)

Perl (32 bit)

MATLAB (32 bit)

Go (32 bit)

Go! (32 bit)

Haskell (32 bit)

Elixir (32 bit)

Eiffel (32 bit)

Erlang (32 bit)

ECMAScript (32 bit)

FORTRAN (8 bit, 16 bit, 32 bit)

D (32 bit)

Dart (32 bit)

Caml (32 bit)

C (32 bit)

C++ (32 bit)

C# (32 bit)

PowerShell (32 bit)

Swift (32 bit)

Boo (32 bit)

BASIC (8 bit, 16 bit)

AppleScript (32 bit)

Objective-C (8 bit, 16 bit, 32 bit)

Objective-C++ (16 bit, 32 bit)

ActionScript (16 bit, 32 bit)

AngelScript (32 bit)

Forth (16 bit, 32 bit)

F# (32 bit)

Genie (32 bit)

GLSL (32 bit)

HLSL (32 bit)

Google Apps Script (32 bit)

Inno Setup (32 bit)

Idris (32 bit)

Kotlin (32 bit)

Lua (32 bit)

Lisp (8 bit, 16 bit, 32 bit)

Makefile (16 bit, 32 bit)

M4 (16 bit, 32 bit)

Pascal (16 bit, 32 bit)

Pig (32 bit)

PostScript (32 bit)

PureScript (32 bit)

QML (32 bit)

Q# (32 bit)

R (32 Bit)

REBOL (32 bit)

Raku (32 bit)

Rust (32 bit)

Scheme (8 bit, 16 bit, 32 bit)

Scala (32 bit)

Sass (32 bit)

TypeScript (32 bit)

TCL (32 bit)

TOML (32 bit)

UnrealScript (32 bit)

Vala (32 bit)

Visual Basic Script (8 bit, 16 bit, 32 bit)

VB.NET (32 bit)

BrightScript (32 bit)

XSLT (32 bit)

Yacc (32 bit)

YAML (32 bit)

WebAssembly (32 bit)

Liquid (32 bit)

ZenScript (32 bit)

Compliant software

The following software is certified to be compliant with software longevity standards.

Ubuntu 9.04 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 9.10 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 10.10 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 11.04 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 11.10 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 13.04 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 13.10 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 14.10 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 15.04 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 15.10 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 16.04 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 16.10 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 17.04 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 17.10 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 18.04 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 18.10 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 19.04 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 19.10 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 20.04 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 20.10 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 21.04 (64 bit)

VLC Media Player (all versions)

QuickTime Player (all versions)

Windows Media Player (all versions)

Windows Movie Maker (all versions)

Windows calculator (all versions)

Mari0 (all versions)

GNOME System Monitor (all versions)

Windows Task Manager (all versions)

Vim Text Editor (all versions)

GIMP (all versions)

Microsoft Paint (all versions)

Blender (all versions)

Windows Notepad (all versions)

Notepad++ (all versions)

Microsoft Minesweeper (all versions)

Microsoft Solitaire (all versions)

GNOME Solitaire (all versions)

GNOME Mines (all versions)

Okular (all versions)

GNOME Image viewer (all versions)

GNOME Cheese (only on 64 bit systems)

GNOME Transmission (only on 64 bit systems)

LibreOffice (only on 64 bit systems)

LibreOffice Writer (only on 64 bit systems)

LibreOffice Calc (only on 64 bit systems)

LibreOffice Draw (only on 64 bit systems)

LibreOffice Impress (only on 64 bit systems)

GNOME AisleRot Solitaire (only on 64 bit systems)

Fedora 7 (64 bit)

Fedora 8 (64 bit)

Fedora 9 (64 bit)

Fedora 10 (64 bit)

Fedora 11 (64 bit)

Fedora 12 (64 bit)

Fedora 13 (64 bit)

Fedora 14 (64 bit)

Fedora 15 (64 bit)

Fedora 16 (64 bit)

Fedora 17 (64 bit)

Fedora 18 (64 bit)

Fedora 19 (64 bit)

Fedora 20 (64 bit)

Fedora 21 (64 bit)

Fedora 22 (64 bit)

Fedora 23 (64 bit)

Fedora 24 (64 bit)

Fedora 25 (64 bit)

Fedora 26 (64 bit)

Fedora 27 (64 bit)

Fedora 28 (64 bit)

Fedora 29 (64 bit)

Fedora 30 (64 bit)

Fedora 31 (64 bit)

Fedora 32 (64 bit)

Fedora 33 (64 bit)

Fedora 34 (64 bit)

Fedora 35 (64 bit)

Fedora 36 (64 bit)

Oracle VM VirtualBox (only on 64 bit systems)

Windows Character map (all versions)

Windows Registry (all versions)

Hyper-V (64 bit)

RHEL 7 (64 bit)

RHEL 8 (64 bit)

RHEL 9 (64 bit)

Debian Linux 6 (64 bit)

Debian Linux 7 (64 bit)

Debian Linux 8 (64 bit)

Debian Linux 9 (64 bit)

Debian Linux 10 (64 bit)

Debian Linux 11 (64 bit)

Debian Linux 12 (64 bit)

KDE Plasma 4 (64 bit)

KDE Plasma 5 (64 bit)

GNOME 3 (64 bit)

GNOME 40 (64 bit)

GNOME 41 (64 bit)

Snowcraft (flash game)

GNOME Screenshot (only on 64 bit versions)

GNOME Calendar (64 bit)

XEYES

XCALC

XCLOCK

Java (64 bit)

JavaScript (64 bit)

Python (64 bit)

Ruby (64 bit)

SQL (64 bit)

Perl (64 bit)

MATLAB (64 bit)

Go (64 bit)

Go! (64 bit)

Haskell (64 bit)

Elixir (64 bit)

Eiffel (64 bit)

Erlang (64 bit)

ECMAScript (64 bit)

FORTRAN (64 bit)

D (64 bit)

Dart (64 bit)

Caml (64 bit)

C (64 bit)

C++ (64 bit)

C# (64 bit)

PowerShell (64 bit)

Swift (64 bit)

Boo (64 bit)

AppleScript (64 bit)

Objective-C (64 bit)

Objective-C++ (64 bit)

ActionScript (64 bit)

AngelScript (64 bit)

Forth (64 bit)

F# (64 bit)

Genie (64 bit)

GLSL (64 bit)

HLSL (64 bit)

Google Apps Script (64 bit)

Inno Setup (64 bit)

Idris (64 bit)

Kotlin (64 bit)

Lua (64 bit)

Lisp (64 bit)

Makefile (64 bit)

M4 (64 bit)

Pascal (64 bit)

Pig (64 bit)

PostScript (64 bit)

PureScript (64 bit)

QML (64 bit)

Q# (64 bit)

R (64 Bit)

REBOL (64 bit)

Raku (64 bit)

Rust (64 bit)

Scheme (64 bit)

Scala (64 bit)

Sass (64 bit)

TypeScript (64 bit)

TCL (64 bit)

TOML (64 bit)

UnrealScript (64 bit)

Vala (64 bit)

Visual Basic Script (64 bit)

VB.NET (64 bit)

BrightScript (64 bit)

XSLT (64 bit)

Yacc (64 bit)

YAML (64 bit)

WebAssembly (64 bit)

Liquid (64 bit)

ZenScript (64 bit)

Non-compliant hardware

The following hardware is certified to be NOT compliant with any hardware longevity standards

  • Chromebooks (all models)

  • ChromeBlets (all models)

  • ChromeBits (all models)

  • ChromeBases (all models)

(Reason for non-compliance: requires an Internet connection to use, support ends within a decade of purchase)

Compliant hardware

The following hardware is certified to be compliant with hardware longevity standards

  • Commodore 64

  • Nintendo Entertainment System

  • Commodore 128

  • VIC-20

In progress with compliance:

  • PlayStation 1

  • PlayStation 2

  • Nintendo DSi

  • Nintendo 2DS

  • Nintendo Wii

  • DWAVE 2000 (Quantum Computer)

  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System


Copying

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Please note that you also have to follow the rules of the GNU General Public License v3 (GPL3) which you can view here


Credits

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Authors

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Installation

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Requirements: Jekyll, GitHub emulator (may not exist yet)


404 page

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Sponsor info

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You can sponsor this project if you like, but please specify what you want to donate to. See the funds you can donate to here

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Try it out! The sponsor button is right up next to the watch/unwatch button.


Version history

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Software status

All of my works are free some restrictions. DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) is not present in any of my works.

DRM-free_label.en.svg

This sticker is supported by the Free Software Foundation. I never intend to include DRM in my works.

I am ussing the abbreviation "Digital Restrictions Management" instead of the more known "Digital Rights Management" as the common way of addressing it is false, there are no rights with DRM. The spelling "Digital Restrictions Management" is more accurate, and is supported by Richard M. Stallman (RMS) and the Free Software Foundation (FSF)

This section is used to raise awareness for the problems with DRM, and also to protest it. DRM is defective by design and is a major threat to all computer users and software freedom.

Image credit: defectivebydesign.org/drm-free/...


Contributers

Currently, I am the only contributer. Contributing is allowed, as long as you follow the rules of the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

    1. seanpm2001 - 25 commits (As of Saturday, 2021 September 4th at 07:02 pm)
    1. No other contributers.

Issues

Current issues

  • None at the moment

  • No other current issues

If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here

Read the privacy policy on issue archival here

TL;DR

I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.

Past issues

  • None at the moment

  • No other past issues

If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here

Read the privacy policy on issue archival here

TL;DR

I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.

Past pull requests

  • None at the moment

  • No other past pull requests

If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here

Read the privacy policy on issue archival here

TL;DR

I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.

Active pull requests

  • None at the moment

  • No other active pull requests

If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here

Read the privacy policy on issue archival here

TL;DR

I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.


Resources

Here are some other resources for this project:

Project language file A

Join the discussion on GitHub

No other resources at the moment.


Contributing

Contributing is allowed for this project, as long as you follow the rules of the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

Click/tap here to view the contributing rules for this project


About README

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File version: 3 (2023, Sunday, January 22nd at 5:04 pm PST)

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Note On 2022, Sunday, March 13th at 2:00 am PST, the time jumped ahead 1 hour to 3:00 am.

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README version history

Version 0.1 (Sunday, March 21st 2021 at 7:50 pm)

Changes:

  • Started the file
  • Added the title section
  • Added the index
  • Added the about section
  • Added the Wiki section
  • Added the version history section
  • Added the issues section.
  • Added the past issues section
  • Added the past pull requests section
  • Added the active pull requests section
  • Added the contributors section
  • Added the contributing section
  • Added the about README section
  • Added the README version history section
  • Added the resources section
  • Added a software status section, with a DRM free sticker and message
  • Added the sponsor info section
  • No other changes in version 0.1

Version 0.11 (Friday, July 16th 2021 at 9:20 pm)

Changes:

  • Updated several sections with corrected template syntax
  • Added the history section
  • Updated the language list switcher section
  • Updated the file info section
  • Updated the file history section
  • No other changes in version 0.11

Version 0.11B (Friday, July 16th 2021 at 9:25 pm)

Changes:

  • Fixed the footer, removed bad link (ddg.com does not redirect to duckduckgo)
  • Updated the file info section
  • Updated the file history section
  • No other changes in version 0.11B

Version 0.12A (Thursday, July 22nd 2021 at 6:26 pm)

Changes:

  • The typo SNU Erotica was removed entirely
  • Added a better name than file.svg
  • Fixed the title section
  • Fixed the index
  • Added the history section
  • Minor formatting fixes
  • Updated the file info section
  • Updated the file history section
  • No other changes in version 0.11B

Version 1 (2021 Saturday September 4th at 7:02 pm)

This release was created by @seanpm2001

Changes:

  • Updated tag data
  • Added compliant, and noncompliant software and hardware lists
  • Updated the index
  • Updated the file info section
  • Updated the file history section
  • Times are now compliant with ISO:8601 and use YYYY-MM-DD rather than MM-DD-YYYY
  • Updated the index
  • Added the authors section
  • Updated the footer, adding support for the Swisscows search engine as a 4th option
  • Added the copying section
  • Added the credits section
  • Added the installation section
  • Added the 404 page test section
  • Updated the resources section
  • Updated the contributors section
  • Added the technical notes section
  • No other changes in version 1

Version 2 (Monday, 2021 September 6th at 3:31 pm)

This release was created by @seanpm2001

Changes:

  • Content update: added over 100 entries for compliant and non-compliant software
  • Updated the file info section
  • Updated the file history section
  • No other changes in version 2

Version 3 (2023, Sunday, January 22nd at 5:04 pm PST)

This release was created by @seanpm2001

Changes:

  • Updated the header and title
    • Removed a dead link
    • Centered the title and title image
  • Added the key projects section
  • Added the Current major hardware projects section
    • Added the User friendly paper printer subsection
    • Added the Standard method for creating a desktop computer that can last 50+ years subsection
    • Added the Limiting the landfills subsection
    • Added the Strengthening the right to repair and banning planned obsolescence subsection
    • Added the Self-replicating computer research subsection
  • Updated the File info section
  • Updated the File History section
    • Added an entry for version 3
    • Modified the V1, V2, and V4 entries
    • Added blank entries for V5 and V6
  • Added a salvage note to the footer
  • No other changes in version 3

Version 4 (Coming soon)

Changes:

  • Coming soon
  • No other changes in version 4

Version 5 (Coming soon)

Changes:

  • Coming soon
  • No other changes in version 5

Version 6 (Coming soon)

Changes:

  • Coming soon
  • No other changes in version 6

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