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Reaching out to the community
DFEY: Digital Freedom in Education and Youth
Ways to reach out to techies who are isolated from the rest of the young geek community.
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[edit] Social Networking
Facebook is a good system to reach out to people, microbloging services such as Identi.ca and Twitter have also recently become popular - however mainstream adoption is still fairly low.
[edit] Freecycle
Some Freecycle groups are wary of sharing software.
[edit] Libraries
The Public Software Foundation offer donation kits to libraries (including school libraries). You can also become a Library Liason Volunteer or Crew Chief Volunteer.
[edit] Hackett and Bankwell
Hackett and Bankwell is a series of cartoon manuals that teaches readers how to get started with Linux-based operating systems. The first issue is best for users who are interested in switching to Ubuntu, including those who have tried to make the jump to Linux in the past but got confused and went back to a commercial operating system.
