KDE Eco<p>The power of Free Software: Turning trash into treasure!</p><p>The Cape Verdean American Community Development (<a href="https://floss.social/tags/CACD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CACD</span></a>) group has been reviving otherwise-obsolete computers with KDE <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Plasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plasma</span></a> (<a href="https://floss.social/tags/Kubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kubuntu</span></a>).</p><p>"The result? Less <a href="https://floss.social/tags/eWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eWaste</span></a> and more control over the functioning of personal devices. That means not having to buy new when your software becomes unusable over time."</p><p>Read more:</p><p><a href="https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2024/02/22/rhode-island-teens-are-fixing-junked-computers-and-learning-valuable-tech-skills/72340312007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">providencejournal.com/story/ne</span><span class="invisible">ws/local/2024/02/22/rhode-island-teens-are-fixing-junked-computers-and-learning-valuable-tech-skills/72340312007/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/KDEEco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDEEco</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FEEP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FEEP</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/BE4FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BE4FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/SustainableSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a></p>