[CALUG] [baltolug] young kid friendly ubuntu

[Bryan J Smith]

I regularly recommend it for kids.
I also think the Unity interface is quite good for kids.

-- bjs

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Ron Swift <rswift at swiftstaffing.com> wrote:
> Edubuntu is Ubuntu with education packages pre-installed.
> You could install any or all of the packages to most of the other Ubuntu flavors.
> Here is a link to a further explaination to include the list of packages by age group, http://askubuntu.com/questions/153660/what-is-the-difference-between-edubuntu-and-ubuntu
> Thanks
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Gregg" <kevingregg at gmail.com>
> To: "Ubuntu Maryland Loco Team" <ubuntu-us-md at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Cc: "Baltimore Linux Users Group" <baltolug at lists.baltolug.com>, "Opensource Maryland Group" <omg at lists.opensource-md.org>, umbclinux at lists.umbc.edu, "CALUG at unknownlamer.org" <calug at unknownlamer.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 4:24:15 PM
> Subject: young kid friendly ubuntu
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> Hi All,
>
> I built a small PC for my nephew's kids (ages 3-7) to use yesterday.  Not
> really knowing what version of Ubuntu is best for young kids,  I googled
> and came up with edubuntu.  Got it installed and hope to give PC to kids
> this week.  (I will partly disassemble the PC and teach 7 yr old how to
> assemble a PC.)  What do you know about edubuntu?  Is there a better OS
> choice for kids this age?  Thanks.
>
>
> Kevin
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