Baby's First Laptop
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| One of my daughter's toddler friends already has a laptop--his
| parents' cast-off--running Edubuntu, a Linux-based OS made for
| kids. Edubuntu comes with kiddie educational applications,
| including one that mimics the legendary Kid Pix, a truly awesome
| children's drawing program that dates back to the 1990s. (Kid Pix,
| I'm happy to say, is still going strong; you can buy the new version
| for $25 for Windows or Mac machines.) The little guy just bangs on
| keys to make sounds, but he'll grow into it. His parents, meanwhile,
| are getting new life out of their old laptop, because it runs
| Firefox and OpenOffice--and runs them quite competently.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2098831,00.asp
Related:
You silly rabbit Linux is for kids
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| If you own an older computer (Pentium 2 or newer) and have a few
| hours free one weekend you can build your children a great computer
| so that they can play educational games and do their school work.
| Now you can finally have your computer back.
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http://cyberpunkcafe.com/news.php?extend.74
Have you try Linux?
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| Two years later, I got the idea of introducing my daughter to the
| computer world. She is just two years old and I am not up to
| investing any money for her to break a computer.
|
| I got used computer from my brother-in-law, I had a keyboard and
| mouse, and the only thing I purchased was an old used monitor for
| $20.00. I cleaned out the hard drive and install Ubuntu Linux,
| Ubuntu is a great Linux distribution that lets you customized
| everything to the point that you feel so comfortable with
| your machine.
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http://www.lumencreativegroup.com/2007/01/22/have-you-try-linux/
Edubuntu - A real life experiment - Linux and a 9 year old
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| With a Dell Celeron, 256MB Ram and basic integrated graphics, Dawn and
| I struggled with what to do for Andy'y computer. After deciding Vista
| was not an option, and that it just wasn't a good investment to throw
| $100 worth of ram into a $250 computer, we decided to look to Linux.
| Dawn and I have both been playing with Linux quite a bit lately, so
| we felt comfortable giving it a go.
|
| [...]
|
| The One Laptop Per Child initiative is great for the 3rd world
| countries. Let's see what it would take to turn all of our older
| desktops into great educational computing environments for children
| here at home.
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http://www.philoking.com/2006/12/04/edubuntu-a-real-life-experiment-linux-and-a-9-year-old/
Beryl + AIGLX - 2 Year old using Beryl as proof of how simple it is!
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| Proof Beryl is so simple a 2 year old can use it!
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http://youtubelinux.blogspot.com/2006/11/beryl-aiglx-2-year-old-using-beryl-as.html
Out of the mouth of babes: Linux is Better
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| When I asked my son why he had snatched my laptop instead of using the
| family PC, he replied without hesitation: "Because Linux is better."
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http://reallylinux.com/docs/linuxforkids.shtml
Young, poor also ought to upload
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| The machine - formerly known as the $100 laptop - has an integrated
| screen, keyboard and video camera. It requires less than 10 percent
| of the power of standard machines and wirelessly links to other OLPC
| machines to form a "mesh network" that can connect inexpensively to
| the Internet.
|
| What it doesn't have is any software made by Microsoft, a choice
| that reportedly made Bill Gates very bitter and presumably
| exacerbated the anxiety he and his company feel about their place
| in the future of computing. Instead, OLPC has chosen to use an
| open-source Linux operating system.
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http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061028/EDIT/610280304/1003
Welcome To "Kids Without"
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| This organization was founded in Helena, MT on Oct. 3, 2006 with one simple
| goal in mind. To provide computers to families who can't afford them while
| recycling used computer hardware which is donated directly to the
| organization... You would be suprised.... After testing the hardware we
| pop in a CD with http://edubuntu.org on it.... Then when the system
| boots.... The machine is tested by my kids and if it passes this check list
| it's ready to be distributed....
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http://kidswithout.homelinux.net/doku.php
Mandriva One Not the Linux Dinosaur of Old
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| I found early versions of Linux weren't very user-friendly, so this
| time around, I used my 7-year-old son as my test subject. I gave him a
| little lesson on how to use Mandriva One and off he went. On his own, he
| was able to boot up the machine and get himself online to his favorite
| kid Web sites without any problems at all -- meaning today's Linux has
| a short learning curve.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/53627.html
Primary school goes Ubuntu
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| I prepared 5 CDs and installed 14 PCs in less than two hours,
| including account setup and Firefox preparation (start page to a
| kids friendly site, Adblock).
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http://www.gadgetguy.de/2007/03/12/primary-school-goes-ubuntu/
Linux Isn't Just For Grownups Anymore
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| In about a year, through a public school grant program, State of
| Indiana education officials have moved at least 22,000 students
| from Windows-based desktops to Linux-based desktops. That ledM
| icrosoft to hold up a study by IDC's Government Insights unit...
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http://www.crn.com/sections/custom/custom.jhtml?articleId=196601151
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