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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by bregma on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @04:16PM (#24486233)
FLOSS (free (libre) open source software). Because good Free software makes your smile brighter.
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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by Shared404 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:15PM (#24487361)
I just feel like adding free onto the beginning is more harmful than helpful at this point.

So many people have been conditioned that "Free is bad, and steals your data". Which is kind of ironic, but unfortunately true in my experience.

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