On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 08:35, Gabor Szabo <szab...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > in the school of my son they are interested in getting some 1 hour long > presentations from parents about various interesting subject. > > I could talk hours and days about Linux and Open Source in general > but I wonder what do you think. What would be interesting to 13 year > old kids? > > I am not sure "free speech" is interesting to them and unfortunately > they are probably used to that every software is "free beer". > Given the cheats and cracks. > > So what do you think?
I would recommend speaking about the "free as in freedom" concept of Linux and open source software - the 4 freedoms a software user should have, and that copying a software and giving a copy to your friend, modifying software etc. are basic freedoms anyone should have. Then speak about how Linux evolved, history of Linux and the status of Linux today. When I first started to learn programming, in 1983, I didn't know nothing about free software, open source software etc. Only after participating in open source conferences in 2001 and 2002 and reading the book "free as in freedom" (about Richard Stallman) I realized the "free as in freedom" concept and its advantages. Even today I'm still using non-free software such as Windows and Microsoft Office, but today I understand more about it than 10 years ago. Uri Even-Chen Mobile Phone: +972-50-9007559 E-mail: u...@speedy.net Website: http://www.speedy.net/ _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
