On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 01:00:57PM -0500, Spencer J Sinn wrote: > <rant> > IMHO, I think one of the weaker point os Llinux is not its viability as > a desktop ala MS Office, but its lack of childrens games. My 4 year old > daughter would be running Linux right now if there were more pre-school > age games for the system. > I realize that, product placement and marketing being what they are, my > daughter will probably always pick Beauty and the Beast over Tux but in > the long run, she will learn a lot more using Linux. If I knew anything > about game developement, I am sure I would try to write a game or two... > </rant> There's more Linux stuff for kids out there than you might expect. Take a look at www.linuxforkids.com for a list of some of the stuff available. <ObDebianPlug> Also take a look at Debian Jr. - http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/ </ObDebianPlug>. Sure there isn't as much polished software, but there's enough so that you can at least let the kids use both sides of a dual boot machine. -- Jim Crumley | crumley at fields.space.umn.edu | Work: 612 624-6804 or -0378 |