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"There's a school in Wisconsin that is so underfunded that they only have very old computers and the person running it barely knows hat's a computer and thus won't ever create a budget or approve new systems. Furthermore this school is so irrelevant they aren't even able to qualify for free software from Microsoft. A bored teacher saved the day and made the old computers somewhat useful by installing Linux on his spare time. Of course all of this doesn't come for free, the current generation of students never used a computer at home, just mobile devices, and are being robbed of learning a valuable and required skill for any future job - basic Windows and Office usage."
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