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Sounds like hell. They will quickly be turned away from Linux and want something simpler. Yak-shaving in lieu of work sounds cool, but it sucks when you really

Sounds like hell. They will quickly be turned away from Linux and want something simpler. Yak-shaving in lieu of work sounds cool, but it sucks when you really need to do stuff other than dick around in the terminal.

matthew28845 4y ago
My first computer was a Raspberry Pi v1 that I got when I was 9 (now 19). Definitely not the case for me. I became proficient in using Linux very quickly.
- joeman1000 4y ago
  Were you running bleeding edge Arch updating every day though? Probably not. An RPi is fine for kids. The original comment suggested the sadistic Arch setup, which would obviously just frustrate most kids at worst, and waste their time and creativity at best.
- qbasic_forever 4y ago
  That's awesome!
kccqzy 4y ago
My father first introduced me to Linux (an installation disc he borrowed from his employer). It didn't work. It just didn't click for me, and I didn't know why my Dad would consist that I use it. Fast forward a few years a couple of friends around my age introduced me to Linux; it was Ubuntu back when it was hipster and trendy and friendly. I started by dual booting (probably WUBI) and then switched completely. This is just purely anecdotal, but my conclusion is that it just didn't work when a parent forces a child to do anything. Better to influence the social circle of the child so that the child can be convinced to learn use Linux from friends.
- mhh__ 4y ago
  It works for some people although I think the hacker spirit is quite correlated with being contrarian wrt to your parents.
throw_m239339 4y ago
> Sounds like hell. They will quickly be turned away from Linux and want something simpler. Yak-shaving in lieu of work sounds cool, but it sucks when you really need to do stuff other than dick around in the terminal. Kids did fine with Amiga or Atari ST back in the days. Linux isn't a problem at all, they'll get used to it. And Valve/Steam proton platform allows them to run plenty of games.
- dagw 4y ago
  Kids did fine with Amiga or Atari ST A tiny number of very interested kids did fine, most just ignored computers.
  - throw_m239339 4y ago
    > A tiny number of very interested kids did fine, most just ignored computers. This is false. It didn't take a genius to load a program just by putting a floppy disk into a floppy disk reader. It's even easier with linux. There is nothing difficult with Linux for a kid, nothing that is more complicated than windows.

matthew28845 4y ago

My first computer was a Raspberry Pi v1 that I got when I was 9 (now 19). Definitely not the case for me. I became proficient in using Linux very quickly.

joeman1000 4y ago
Were you running bleeding edge Arch updating every day though? Probably not. An RPi is fine for kids. The original comment suggested the sadistic Arch setup, which would obviously just frustrate most kids at worst, and waste their time and creativity at best.
qbasic_forever 4y ago
That's awesome!

kccqzy 4y ago

My father first introduced me to Linux (an installation disc he borrowed from his employer). It didn't work. It just didn't click for me, and I didn't know why my Dad would consist that I use it. Fast forward a few years a couple of friends around my age introduced me to Linux; it was Ubuntu back when it was hipster and trendy and friendly. I started by dual booting (probably WUBI) and then switched completely. This is just purely anecdotal, but my conclusion is that it just didn't work when a parent forces a child to do anything. Better to influence the social circle of the child so that the child can be convinced to learn use Linux from friends.

mhh__ 4y ago
It works for some people although I think the hacker spirit is quite correlated with being contrarian wrt to your parents.

throw_m239339 4y ago

> Sounds like hell. They will quickly be turned away from Linux and want something simpler. Yak-shaving in lieu of work sounds cool, but it sucks when you really need to do stuff other than dick around in the terminal. Kids did fine with Amiga or Atari ST back in the days. Linux isn't a problem at all, they'll get used to it. And Valve/Steam proton platform allows them to run plenty of games.

dagw 4y ago
Kids did fine with Amiga or Atari ST A tiny number of very interested kids did fine, most just ignored computers.
- throw_m239339 4y ago
  > A tiny number of very interested kids did fine, most just ignored computers. This is false. It didn't take a genius to load a program just by putting a floppy disk into a floppy disk reader. It's even easier with linux. There is nothing difficult with Linux for a kid, nothing that is more complicated than windows.