On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:31:28 +0000, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> __/ [Ignoramus19736] on Monday 06 February 2006 19:24 \__
>
>> On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 18:45:36 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> __/ [Ignoramus19736] on Monday 06 February 2006 17:04 \__
>>>
>>>> I have a 4.5 year old who is able to type somewhat OK. I have a old
>>>> 700 Mhz PC that we set up as "his computer". It is firewalled using my
>>>> main linux box to do address translation.
>>>>
>>>> <snip />
>>>>
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>>> (Ed)Ubuntu would be my suggestion. Kubuntu might be a little too much to
>>> handle and rather unnecessarily so. KDE in general doesn't seem most
>>> suitable, yet it probably *could* be made less of a handful.
>>>
>>> You can have a look at some fresh Edubuntu screencasts at:
>>>
>>> http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=linux+tutorial
>>>
>>> Ubuntu contains all of the things you require and its learning curve
>>> (which might also be required from you) is minute. Once in the past I
>>> heard about Ubuntu used successfully with children, which is why I
>>> recommend it.
>>
>> Roy, I decided to go with edubuntu. I am downloading it.
>
> Nice one!
>
> As a side note, don't forget to employ that machine and exploit its capacity.
> Have it serve another useful purpose like mirroring your hard-drive
> automatically for backup purposes.
That machine should properly be described as POS. There is not enough
disk space to store a lot of stuff, but yes, I will use it to store
essential data.
And the fact that this is a old POS machine, makes linux about the
only choice, there is not enough capacity for microsoft bloatware.
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