Re: [school-discuss] Kids and Linux

[Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire@ext.cri74.org>]

Why not trying Freeduc-cd, it is a dedicated version for education and
teaching. It comes with a selection of software for this domain.

http://www.ofset.org/projects/edusoft/edusoft.html


On Sat, 24 May 2003 00:13:00 -0700
"Andy Lopata" <alopata@darkwing.uoregon.edu> wrote:

      Paul,
      
      I concur with the suggestions to try a Knoppix CD.  I have used it on my
      laptop (900Mhz Athlon with 384MB RAM) and on my son's (he's 5 years old)
      home PC (950 Mhz with 128MB RAM) and it runs great.  The only things I
      haven't been able to get working (and I haven't tried very hard) are the
      modem and printing.  Some of the 3D graphics stuff didn't work well on the
      PC (like Tux Racer), but I think it has to do with the lack of a decent
      graphics card.
      
      BTW I installed Mandrake Linux (v. 9.0) on my son's PC.  It was a breeze to
      install, it works very well and has many children's games/edu programs.  The
      PC cost me $199 from Tiger Direct.  It came with Lindows OS pre-installed,
      but I didn't want to pay for their yearly click-and-run service so I
      installed Mandrake instead.  My son has a great time playing on his computer
      and he loves Tux!
      
      -Andy Lopata
      
      
      -----Original Message-----
      From: owner-schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
      [mailto:owner-schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net]On Behalf Of Paul
      Coelho
      Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 2:45 PM
      To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
      Subject: [school-discuss] Kids and Linux
      
      
      Hi:
      
         If this is a newby question I apologize in advance.  Is there a mechanism
      by which to get kids - mine 7 & 9yrs - exposed to the Linux OS short of
      purchasing a system to run it at home?  Any resources you can point me to -
      Linux OS training for kids - would be appreciated.
      
         TIA
      
      
      Paul Coelho
      
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Hilaire Fernandes