How KDE made IT classes for underprivileged youths possible in Providence
KDE has been working with the Capeverdean American Community Development (CACD) of Providence, Rhode Island, to provide IT lessons to underprivileged teens.
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So we also managed to avoid having all those machines ending up in landfills, polluting the soil and waterways because providers of proprietary OSes only want you to buy new stuff and ignore the impact on the environment.
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Lol Mastodons character limit is so pathethic
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Nice work though, KDE rocks!