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Sure. But the article here is specifically about someone who wants their child to learn about computers by tinkering and trial and error.

• phendrenad2 4y ago
  Uh, the article isn't about that at all. It's about how cluttered, user-hostile, and specifically kid-unfriendly Windows has become in the latest iteration. Linux isn't the answer because it replaces those "features" with different kinds of user-hostility (everything is geared towards people who are on the road to becoming software developers, or are close friends with someone who is).
  • einr 4y ago
    "Uh," maybe we can both be right. Allow me to quote directly: "I want him to be able to dig deeper. To explore. To try things out, misconfigure, crash, fix, and re-install. To get a feeling for how things work below the surface and how they do not work. To learn how to type fast and efficiently. To create things. Maybe, one day, even to learn how to code if he's interested."
    • gjvc 4y ago
      Only when things are broken and in need of fixing, is one forced one to understand how they work behind the scenes. Necessity becomes the mother of understanding for a while... :-)
  • neogodless 4y ago
    No, there are quite a few distributions geared towards working out of the box, and being easy for new users.