Good morning, I have found using squidguard with edubuntu has worked perfectly for Internet parental access control. There are several blacklists that integrate with Squidguard and it's worked flawlessly for us for over a decade.
Thanks Joseph On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Oscar Rojas <abuet...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello Edubuntu comunity! > > I am new to this forum. Hope to be in the right place to comment my project. > If not please tell me where should I go... > > My son has an old Compaq desktop (Pentium 4, 512MB RAM, 40GB HD) that he > wants to dedicate as a PC for my four grandchildren. He have asked me to > help him in this project (I am retired and have plenty of time). > These are the main features we are looking for: > > 1) The system must be robust and stable, I mean "kids proof". We have the > experience of give them a Windows based PC and have to reinstall it again. > We don't know exactly what did they do, but the fact is that some system > critical files were damaged. For this reason my son says that he prefers a > Linux based system. It is a common belief that Linux is less vulnerable than > Windows, either regarding malicious attack as well as user catastrophic > faults. > 2) I am not a Linux guy, so the installation and maintenance tasks must be > "novice proof". A support channel will be a plus. > 3) Since there will be several kids sharing the PC, there must be an easy > "sign in" procedure to identify each user. Each kids must have his/her own > repository to save his/her creations avoiding the others to destroy them. > Besides, there should be a way to share contents between them (a sort of > common repository or a send/receive method). > 4) The system must be intuitive to use by a young kid (2 to 8 years old and > growing ...) Ideal if the desktop could be customized for each kid. > 5) There should be a good set of pre-packed applications suited for kids and > an easy way to install new applications. We are looking for educational > games/activities and homework tools. > 6) Internet access must be allowed but controlled by some sort of filters > managed by parents. Better if there is a way to subscribe to a community > maintained black list. > 7) Access to frequently visited sites on the Internet (like school site, on > line educational tools) should be facilitated by means of icons or easy > access controls created by parents. > 8) There should be a easy web-searching interface. > 9) E-mail, chats and similar social media must be allowed but parental > controlled. > 10) We are in Costa Rica, a Spanish speaking country, but the children > attend a bilingual school where most classes are taught in English. So, we > plan to install the software in English, but it could be nice to have an > easy language switch and some language tools (dictionary, translator, > spelling). > > I have read some reviews about Linux for Kids. It sounds to me that Edubuntu > fits most (if not all) of our requirements... however some reviews states > that Edubuntu is not best suited for home user because it is aimed for > schools... (may be they are outdated reviews).. > > I will appreciate if somebody can provide me some URL's to documents > detailing the features and characteristics of Edubuntu, so I can check how > well Edubuntu meets our > wishes. Of course, direct comments/answers addressing some of > our requirements are welcome. > > Thanks in advance for your attention. > > Hope to be soon another Edubuntu fan! > > Oscar Rojas > Costa Rica > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > -- edubuntu-users mailing list edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
