Assessments.mdwn (818B)
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. 2 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. 4 5 See also: 6 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]]