Hello All,

I think this is an idea worth a thought. op 02-04-14 19:44, m.roth@5-cent.us schreef:

Always Learning wrote:

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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'"

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Hello All,

I think this is an idea worth a thought.

One thing is : if I let my children have their way on the home computers - all of them run Centos6 - they start playing My Little Pony or Star Wars games, and continue with that just as long until you stop them.

So even if they play on Linux computers, they still open Firefox and play games.

I tried Childsplay, Gcompris, and Edubuntu in the past, and that's good, it's educational. But It still doesn't teach them Linux.

Recently I have them do Scratch, and I think Robomind looks interesting ( but you have to pay for it ) . But that's for programming.

This week I looked at http://www.phpforkids.com . I haven't tried it yet.

The other thing is : the schools over here are firmly in the hands of MS Windows.

I would be interested to hear if someone knows of an initiative that really brings Linux to kids or kids to Linux. And if in other country's schools do use Linux.

Friendly regards, J.

On Thu, 2014-04-03 at 22:16 +0200, Johan Vermeulen wrote:

Hello All,

I think this is an idea worth a thought.

Ja. Dat klopt.

op 02-04-14 19:44, m.roth@5-cent.us schreef:

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Always Learning wrote:

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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.

Goedenavond en hartstikke bedankt Johan

I can not start the idea / project at the current moment because all my spare time is used to care for some very elderly people who I think will die - one this year and the other next year. (mijn ouders)

Having an introduction to computing generally, then into Linux gently and then into Centos simply, is a brilliant idea of mine. It is some think Red Hat should consider supporting as a Centos project.

If the community including the very experienced with an abundance of knowledge and talent gradually help to develop the three themes

* what is a computer * the basis and basics of Linux * Centos simply

not only would would interested children all around the world have a source of information suitable for their inexperience and lack of knowledge but uninformed grown-ups would benefit too. Because someone is over 21 years of age, it does not mean their brains have stopped working. Even old people can be curious about computers.

Another advantage is schools all around the word could use the Centos Introduction to Computers as a source of factual and inspirational knowledge when preparing computer lessons. Don't forget the FREE version of Centos costing schools nothing and as another FREE bonus the Centos users lists, in several languages, will help resolve queries.

As children grow-up they will know all the many advantages of Linux over dying Windoze. Centos will become universally known among school children. When those children enter business and industry they are likely to be strong advocates for Linux especially the Centos brand with all the Red Hat connotations.

Contributions must be accepted from everyone who wants to shared their knowledge and enthusiasm. Remember when you die all your knowledge is lost for ever - don't waste it - pass it on to the younger generation. Give them the benefit of your wonderful knowledge. Do something nice for humanity.

Inspiring the next generation of business leaders, technical experts, programmers and systems admins and liberating them from the restrictions, limitations, expense and misery that is Windoze is good business sense for Red Hat, excellent and better than a thousand Centos Dejos (or whatever they are called) and a genuine contribution of passing-on our knowledge to enquiring others. You won't get a medal for your help and assistance but you will know, deep in your hearts, you are making an invaluable contribution to countless others, possibly many tens of millions or more, of people throughout our planet.

It just needs one web site and the ideas, text and drawings/diagrams to develop a substantial international resource of impeccable repute.

So ? How about some initial support, please ?