I had those XO Laptops from www.laptop.org. The One Laptop Per Child Project. My kid sister loves it, and it has a very intuitive display. With a tiny bit of work, I think that OS can be installed on any reasonable netbook as it's based on fedora. I myself used it for a while when my laptop was being fixed.
Regards, Ali Sajid Imami CTO Devolution Games On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:54 PM, john boris <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, > Thanks. I like the LINUX Desktop and that has been bounced around here as > an option. Right now there is an XP machine in the Living room and that > has caused me grief. probably when this is done I will end up going dual > routes. One LINUX Desktop to replace the XP machine and maybe a chromebook > to replace her aging tablet. That might be the most economical way to go. > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Dan Ritter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 12:41:24PM -0500, john boris wrote: >> > I have a question for the list. I am looking for some advice on what >> type >> > of machine would be the best purchase for a 1st/2nd grader for use at >> home. >> >> My second grade and fifth grade kids use Linux on a desktop in >> the living room, and are happy about that. My fifth-grader has >> an 11" netbook running Windows for in-school usage as a >> disability accomodation, and he complains about that all the >> time. >> >> It's a desktop in the living room, with a largish screen, >> because that way any parent walking by can see what's going on. >> We find that this is the smoothest way of handling problematic >> content. >> >> > So I thought about getting her a chromebook where she would be the only >> > person to use it as it will not be out there on the desk. It would also >> > help not having to setup an entire home network for my son to maintain >> or >> > me to handle remotely. >> >> It would certainly dispose of the malware issue handily. As long >> as a chromebook has reliable wifi, it's a perfectly usable >> machine. Without reliable wifi, it's more or less useless. >> >> -dsr- >> > > > > -- > John J. Boris, Sr. > Online Services > www.onlinesvc.com > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > >
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