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      1 Permacomputing is also learning to deal with existing technologies, often trying to find the least evil among bad alternatives. In [[hardware]] we can't afford being too picky because we'll want to lengthen the lifespans of already existing pieces of hardware (even bad ones), but in [[software]] we usually have more choice.
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      3 When assessing software and hardware, we'll want to focus on technicalities such as resource use (especially [[energy use]]), [[dependencies|dependency]] and [[documentation]] – mostly because many pieces of today's technology fail miserably in these areas.
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      5 See also:
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      7 * [[Hardware]]
      8   * [[Computers]]
      9   * [[single-board computer]]s
     10   * [[Microcontrollers]]
     11   * [[Peripherals]]
     12 * [[Software]]
     13   * [[Programming languages]]
     14   * [[Operating systems]]
     15   * [[Protocols]]
     16   * [[File formats]]