<div>hi all,</div>
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<div>I agree with the fact that the kids are probably better of with Linux as with Winblows XP. But there is a small problem:</div>
<div>they need to use software from/fore school wich only runs on Windows XP.</div>
<div>I think I'll end up on installing 2 machine's anyway. for making it easy.</div>
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<div>And for the record, the youngest one (almost 5 years old) can't read, but knows how to login on a command line already :D,</div>
<div>and I will give them the local root password, cause you will only learn how computers work if you can screw them and install it all over again.</div>
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<div>greatings<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/16/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dewey Smolka</b> <<a href="mailto:dsmolka@gmail.com">dsmolka@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">><br>> A few suggestions...<br>><br>> 1. Knoppmyth. Just document what ip addresses and other settings
<br>> need to be changed. Inconvenient, but easily the least expensive.<br><br>I'll second this, but with one caveat: you have to make sure that your<br>Knoppmyth disc is the same Myth version as your BE or else you'll get
<br>db connection errors.<br><br><snip><br>> 3. Ditch Windows. My kids use KDE on one of the myth frontends.<br>> It was a little difficult for the first few weeks, but they have<br>> adjusted fine and are able to do anything any of thier friends can do. The
<br>> usb drive my 10 year old uses for school loads up fine from the<br>> windows box at school to the linux box at home.<br>><br>> Paul<br><br>I'll second this as well. It may seem impossible at first but there's
<br>really nothing outside of games on MS Windows that a good Linux system<br>can't do (except maybe trojans, viruses, and DRM), and an awful lot on<br>Linux that MS can't or won't do (generating pdfs, managing separate<br>
network interfaces and subnets, customizing, tweaking, scripting,<br>logging, going months without a reboot, etc).<br><br>When I first built a Myth box about as year and a half ago, I was also<br>looking for a way to make it work with my MS XP laptop. It didn't, at
<br>least not well, and was generally a pain.<br><br>I ended up installing FC3 and making it dual-boot, which solved all<br>the Myth problems. It also means that I've been using MS a lot less as<br>time has gone on, and don't really miss it at all (though I must admit
<br>I do still boot to MS from time to time to play Railroad Tycoon).<br><br>I guess the answer is that you can probably get some of the<br>funtionality of Myth on MS Windows, but it's easier in the short-run<br>to set up a dual boot or Linux-only system as a frontend, and better
<br>in the long-run for all of us -- as the Linux user base increases, so<br>do the number and quality of apps, the level of hardware support from<br>vendors, and the speed with which improvements are made and<br>incorporated.
<br><br>Also, it's a common misconception that computers in general and Linux<br>in particular are difficult for kids. This couldn't be further from<br>the truth -- just remember when you were young and were the only one<br>
in your house that could figure out how to program the VCR.<br><br>Give a kid MS Windows, and he'll (or she'll) learn how to point and<br>click. Give a kid Linux and he'll learn how computers work. Don't give<br>them the root password and there's only so much they can screw up.
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