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A comment on Ask HN: What are the best computing resources for children?.

Re:Ask HN: What are the best computing resources for children? by evolve2k on Friday October 23, 2020 @09:14PM (#24876091)
I went to an IT recycle depot and picked up a few years old desktop for my kids and we put Linux on it.

Now a few years later my kids have become quite savvy as they’ve learnt much about computers working with Linux and self upgrading their desktop.

Also there is an open source version of most desktop tools they might want Yo experiment with so they avoid lots of spyware risk that comes with mainly windows.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best computing resources for children? by clojurenoob on Saturday October 24, 2020 @11:27AM (#24879761)
This is how I learned as a kid (I'm 23) and I have to say my discovery of GNU/Linux and Free and Libre Open Source Software has may have been the single most impactful event I can trace in my life.
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