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Any one here has any experience with teaching 8 to 12 years old kids Linux?

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[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 2 points 11 months ago

G-compris is great for kids. Both of my kids have only ever used Linux or Chrome OS.

[–] jorgesumle@lemmy.pt 2 points 11 months ago

They like playing SuperTux

[–] HaunchesTV@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's obviously not representative of the overall Linux experience but I recently realised that messing around on the Linux bits in ChromeOS would be a pretty good way to learn Terminal things, at least for Debian. It's sandboxed so it doesn't matter if you screw up and if you do it's like two or three clicks to start afresh, way simpler than setting up and resetting a standard VM for the inexperienced. It, of course, means using a ChromeOS device but maybe that can be a secondary lesson on having megacorps profit from your data.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Have them install archand/or gentoo

[–] AzureCerulean@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

8 Best #Linux #Distributions for #Kids in #2023

Linux distributions that you can #introduce to your kids. This way, they can begin using and learning Linux

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https://www.tecmint.com/best-linux-distributions-for-kids/

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