Re: debian projects for young users
roberto <roberto03@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/9/06, Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4+news@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Le 05-10-2006, roberto <roberto03@gmail.com> a Ã(c)critÂ:
> > > i am building up a project of education for young linux users aged
> > > 11-15 and i am currently looking for something similar since this is
> > > my first experience
> > >
> > > hopefully we'll use some young oriented distro, esp if debian based
> > >
> > > if you are aware of anything useful, please let me know
> > >
> > You may want to look into Edubuntu. It's based on Ubuntu, which in turn
> > is based on Debian. I don't know which ages it's targeted at. There is
> > more info at:
> >
> > http://www.edubuntu.org
> >
> > Make sure to show them the games. Games are a big selling point of any
> > OS. My favorites are frozen-bubble and clanbomber. Neither one needs 3-D
> > acceleration.
> >
> > I'd be curious to hear how your experience introducing these students to
> > Linux goes. How did the presentation go, and what did they think of
> > Linux?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jason
> >
> okay i'll surely let you know how it will come out
>
> BTW: IMHO teaching young students linux is the best way to prevent the
> Windows flooding in our shools and brains!! ... :)
Yes, please. Unfortunately even in the education area, where one should
appreciate Linux's great educational value the most, they are
still bound to MS :(
Regards,
Andrei
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