[baltolug] young kid friendly ubuntu

[jerry w]

Sugar-labs.org sugar on a stick.
Doesn't run completely on ubuntu, some red hat magic sauce.
New rpi3  and stuff with that.

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016, 13:16 Bryan J Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:

> I regularly recommend it for kids.
> I also think the Unity interface is quite good for kids.
>
> -- bjs
>
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Ron Swift <rswift at swiftstaffing.com>
> wrote:
> > Edubuntu is Ubuntu with education packages pre-installed.
> > You could install any or all of the packages to most of the other Ubuntu
> flavors.
> > Here is a link to a further explaination to include the list of packages
> by age group,
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/153660/what-is-the-difference-between-edubuntu-and-ubuntu
> > Thanks
> >
> > Ron Swift
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kevin Gregg" <kevingregg at gmail.com>
> > To: "Ubuntu Maryland Loco Team" <ubuntu-us-md at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Cc: "Baltimore Linux Users Group" <baltolug at lists.baltolug.com>,
> "Opensource Maryland Group" <omg at lists.opensource-md.org>,
> umbclinux at lists.umbc.edu, "CALUG at unknownlamer.org" <calug at unknownlamer.org
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> > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 4:24:15 PM
> > Subject: young kid friendly ubuntu
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I built a small PC for my nephew's kids (ages 3-7) to use yesterday.  Not
> > really knowing what version of Ubuntu is best for young kids,  I googled
> > and came up with edubuntu.  Got it installed and hope to give PC to kids
> > this week.  (I will partly disassemble the PC and teach 7 yr old how to
> > assemble a PC.)  What do you know about edubuntu?  Is there a better OS
> > choice for kids this age?  Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Kevin
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