I promised my kid they’d get a laptop when they learn to read well enough.

This turned out to be a good motivator and they can now read full books.

The kid likes competitions and challenges. I would like to come up with tasks they can learn to do with the laptop.

The reason I want my children to have access to a computer specifically, is that while TVs and phones are used to consume, computers are used to create.

I will be installing some Linux flavor on this machine, as it is a bit dated.

I was thinking about things like:

  • Write a short story
  • Install a graphics editing program
  • Draw a picture of a cat

To get them started.

Probably I need some easier ones first.

  • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
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    11 hours ago

    You can make an image of the / drive so it’s easier to restore if they break the system.

    That’s good advice. I always meant to do that with computers my kids access.

    Although I haven’t ever had my kids break a Linux Mint install. I set them up as non-sudo users and that was enough.

    Of course, they grew older and have sudo now, so I should actually think about taking a drive image, now.