Linux for Kids

From: Jeffery A. Stout (jefferystout_at_insight.rr.com)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:30:34 GMT

Hello Everyone,

I have installed SuSE 9.2 Pro on all of my computers in my house and am
working on installing Clark Connect right now as a gateway so I can
hopefully see what the kids are doing.

One problem I have is all of the games we bought the kids to play on the
computer were all Windows. I have tried wine and it will load some of
them but not all of them and the selections I have found for Linux are
either really lame or play like DOS games. Is there a good version of
linux I could use that is kid friendly or a site with good kids games?
They are 12, 8, and 4 years old. So far the kids and their mom appear to
like using SuSE.

One reason I moved them all to it is I think that this will be a good
learning experiance for the kids so they will have that little bit of
advantage over others as they grow up in that they will have used Linux
at home, Windows at the Libabry and Mac at school (yeah I am building a
bunch of Geeks). Plus I hope I can monitor their activities on the
internet a little better...

Anyone have any suggestions?

Jeffery

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