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[News] New Distribution (Qimo GNU/Linux) Targets Children

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Giving kids a fresh start with Qimo Linux

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| Taking advantage of that concept is Qimo, a desktop operating system geared 
| toward kids that is based on the Ubuntu distribution of Linux. Developed by a 
| husband-and-wife team Brian and Michelle Hall, Qimo was released in 
| mid-February.   
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10170647-16.html


Recent:

Open Source for kids?

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| Edubuntu is another such program, based on the Ubuntu Linux operating system
| and aimed primarily at children in educational environments. According to the
| distribution homepage, Edubuntu is “Linux for Young Human Beings”. It has its
| unique ways that encompasses the total learning process. There is load out
| there for you to evaluate and install for your kids as they grow out of the
| programs they are currently enjoying.
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http://brajeshwar.com/2009/open-source-for-kids/


Related:

19-year-old 'fast flux' botnet pioneer agrees to plead guilty

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| The author of a Trojan that broke new ground in botnet circles has agreed to
| plead guilty to secretly infecting thousands of victims' machines so that he
| could steal their personal data and launch attacks on websites.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/28/nugache_creator_plea_agreement/


I Was A Teenage Bot Master

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| One day in May 2005, a 16-year-old hacker...
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| [...]
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| So great was SoBe's sense of impunity he continued the scheme even after
| Ancheta was arrested a few months later and charged with 17 felonies related
| to the hijacking of almost 400,000 PCs, some of them belonging to the US
|                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| Department of Defense.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/08/downfall_of_botnet_master_sobe_owns/
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