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How KDE made IT classes for underprivileged youths possible in Providence (cdn.masto.host)

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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.

https://eu.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2024/02/22/rhode-island-teens-are-fixing-junked-computers-and-learning-valuable-tech-skills/72340312007/

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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KDE provided the software that allowed to recover machines that had been obsoleted by the successive updates from Microsoft Windows, and this made possible for the CACD to carry out the program.

https://cacd.nationbuilder.com/programs_at_cacd

We provided support and advice so that the teens could familiarise themselves with open source software, saving them from being trapped in the proprietary cycle of buy new hardware, update, be forced to buy new hardware, update, rinse and repeat.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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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.

https://floss.social/@be4foss/111980254502881355

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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To make more things like this happen, to help those that the IT industry left behind or consider mere fodder for the data-grinding machine, to return control over technology to the common people, and protect the environment, we need your help.

Become a supporter. Help us reach the landmark number of 1000 supporters before the launch of #Plasma6.

https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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Note that the CACD is also a non-profit that relies on donations to run these programs. Please consider supporting them at:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/CACDRI

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Lol Mastodons character limit is so pathethic

writing in markdown

Nice work though, KDE rocks!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Makes me want to dust off some old hardware and give it new life

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Do it!