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   bs2 (bsmall2@mstdn.jp)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 21:02:11 JST bs2

   I did another #FreeSoftware ( #PCSavior) time slot at the local Night School. Two nice Moms brought their old laptops in, but we were all surprised out how well they still worked and not quite sure if they were ready to give up on their Office Software. While they talked of that two kids and and an after-school teacher did #TuxTyping, #TuxPaint, #SwellFoop, other #GnomeGames and G-Compris games. It seemed interesting.
   I put up some photos and Japanese about the night:
   https://mobilizon.fr/p/PC%E6%95%91%E3%81%84%E9%9A%8A-2024-03-06-LjxtctAxYowtiG7tAPamqL

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 21:02:11 JST 翠星石

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     @bsmall2 Very nice.
     
     Did you show them libreoffice and gnumeric?
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     bs2 (bsmall2@mstdn.jp)'s status on Saturday, 09-Mar-2024 19:30:28 JST bs2

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     @Suiseiseki I forgot gnumeric! But I was thinking I have to showLibre Office's Calc. One of the Moms is hesitant about erasing Windows because she might use Excel. A neighbourhood guy that does a Karaoke bar wants his old PC to move better so he can do Spreadsheets too. If they show me what they do we can probably figure out how to do it with Calc. The ancient machines I use as demos might hang with Office apps though. Org-mode tables would be more fun but not the laddrer's low rung.

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     bs2 (bsmall2@mstdn.jp)'s status on Saturday, 09-Mar-2024 19:30:48 JST bs2

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     The PCs that the nice lady and two kids are playing with were put to pasture or in storage for more than 5 years. I was hoping to do something like this, make free software experiences available, about 6 years ago. After the installation binge in 2018 (I guess?) Nothing came of it. This free night school opportunity and a rainy weekend brought the old machines back to being useful. I imagine a lot of people have PCs like this laying around. Maybe kids will find some...
     https://snap.as/bsmall2/free-programming-start/ioAxuLV

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 09-Mar-2024 19:32:04 JST 翠星石

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     @bsmall2 I believe it's either federation being unreliable as usual, or my instance is muted for some reason (although not outright censored as many instances do).
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     bs2 (bsmall2@mstdn.jp)'s status on Saturday, 09-Mar-2024 19:32:05 JST bs2

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     @Suiseiseki
     Your reply does not appear in my notifications. Other favorites do though. I was.lucky to notice your post because I had to revisit the whole thread to copy links for e-mail and SMS contacts.

     I hope I didn't miss any other replies
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