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Re: [News] Female Inmates Taught Linux and Open Source Software

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Pollsmoor prisoners write OpenICDL
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The programme, which has been running for six months, aims at
>| teaching advanced end-user computing skills, including the use
>| of OpenOffice.org and the Linux desktop included in the tuXlab
>| distro which is built on EduBuntu. Inmates are also given access
>| to Wikipedia, which they can use for research and to further
>| their studies.
> `----
> 
> http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1366

Now that is most certainly a valuable use for free software.  Education
is always a good thing, and if it helps to keep people on the right side
of the law on their release, that is fantastic.  

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