Today, an enthusiastic 10 year old boy asked me about Linux. I thought of telling me to go to centos.org but then realised there is nothing on centos.org for complete beginners to Linux or for children. If anyone has the time, energy and interest, perhaps a basic technical introduction to the Centos version of Linux would be a good long-term objective. Let's catch the children's interest, imagination and enthusiasm before they become immersed and entrapped in a Micro$oft-only world. Centos is for everyone including granddads and children. Centos is the future of first-class reliable Open Source Software. -- Paul. England, EU. Our systems are exclusively Centos. No Micro$oft Windoze here.
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Always Learning <centos at u62.u22.net> wrote:> > Today, an enthusiastic 10 year old boy asked me about Linux. > > I thought of telling me to go to centos.org but then realised there is > nothing on centos.org for complete beginners to Linux or for children. > > If anyone has the time, energy and interest, perhaps a basic technical > introduction to the Centos version of Linux would be a good long-term > objective. > > Let's catch the children's interest, imagination and enthusiasm before > they become immersed and entrapped in a Micro$oft-only world. > > Centos is for everyone including granddads and children. > > Centos is the future of first-class reliable Open Source Software. > > -- > Paul. > England, > EU. > > Our systems are exclusively Centos. No Micro$oft Windoze here. >So... maybe as a suggestion, why don't you start such a venture yourself and then ask for help to flesh it out or recommendations on changes/additions/et al? 'hey this is a great idea and here's how I'm starting' goes much farther then 'someone really oughtta'. at least I suspect it would. -- Even the Magic 8 ball has an opinion on email clients: Outlook not so good.
On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 06:29:18PM +0100, Always Learning wrote:> > If anyone has the time, energy and interest, perhaps a basic technical > introduction to the Centos version of Linux would be a good long-term > objective.Thank you for stepping up and taking this on. John -- You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing. -- George McGovern (19 July 1922 - 21 October 2012), American historian, author, US Representative and Senator, 1972 Democratic presidential nominee -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20140402/8058028b/attachment-0002.sig>
Always Learning wrote:> > Today, an enthusiastic 10 year old boy asked me about Linux. > > I thought of telling me to go to centos.org but then realised there is > nothing on centos.org for complete beginners to Linux or for children.<snip> Here's another idea: if they have, or have access to a computer at home, maybe help them set up a VM with CentOS, and let them play with it. Betcha they catch on, fast. mark "pulls B*rb**'s string, and she says, 'Unix is haaaardddd'"