On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:43:24 -0600 "Christopher A. Williams" <chrisw01@xxxxxxxxxxxx> penned: > On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 11:13 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 11:01, Robin Laing wrote: > > > Christof Damian wrote: > > > > Is anyone working on a "Fedora For Kids" ? I know there is a project > > > > like this for debian (Debian Junior > > > > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/index ) > > > > > > My 2 (almost 3) loves playing some games. Set up his own account. > > Each of my 4 kids has their own machine with their own accounts. I use > > squid and iptables to lock them to specific sites they can visit. They > > pretty much have to ask permission to get a new one bookmarked and > > allowed. My 5 year old has no trouble getting to the games and web > > stuff because the icons on FC2 are pretty large to begin with (and are > > huge on a 21-inch flat screen.) My 8 year old does all her work in OOo > > and knows how to save in Word format to take to school. My 10 year old > > does that same, but has access to more sites and is able to make certain > > changes to her desktop, etc. She even has her own GPG key for email and > > such. My 13 (almost 14 year old) loves Fedora and nearly failed a > > computer skills test at her Junior High School because she doesn't know > > Windows that well. I personally don't see any need to try to customize > > Fedora for kids. Besides, if they know it now, they won't be too > > bothered by it later. > > Same here: For kids ages 16, 10 6 and 3. Currently testing out FC3T3. > > All have their own accounts (except for the youngest). All are using > Firefox equipped with Flash Plugin and play their favorite games at > Cartoonnetwork.com, Disney's sites and Nickelodeon.com. Local games like > Tux Racer are big-time hits for them. Sorry to say the idea was a bust in my household. Within 10 minutes my 9 year-old daughter had a problem on Barbie.com that I was unable to resolve. It was over the summer, so the details escape me now. It might be worthwhile to turn her loose again so that I can detail what was wrong, if there is any interest. --Don
