[dot] KDE Terminals in Rural South Africa

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1132969824/

From: Jonathan Riddell <>
Dept: antipidian
Date: Friday 25/Nov/2005, @17:50

KDE Terminals in Rural South Africa
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   South African news site Tectonic [http://www.tectonic.co.za] is
reporting how KDE terminals are Giving South African Farmers a Leg-up
[http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=723].  Limpopo's Digital Doorways
project are installing computers running KDE in rural community centres
to assist farmers.  KDE language modules have been added for isiZulu,
isiXhosa, tshiVenda, Setswana, and Afrikaans.  The government's IT
manager said "People's perception of open source is that everything is
command-based, text-based. Our pilot projects are meant to address that
perception."