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QuikboyMar 24th 2009 8:17AM
I think kids just need to be kids. So what, if they grow up with Windows or OS X and prefer to stick with it? If they love tech a lot, they'll probably look into Linux on their own. Windows and OS X are fine for people, much less kids, who really do not care about the innards of the OS.
(Unverified)Mar 24th 2009 8:17AM
The project is very cool actually .. clean/basic OS that works well on donated hardware that gives kids from low-income families the opportunity to have their own computer.
(Unverified)Mar 24th 2009 11:50AM
As a parent, I want to make sure that my kid realizes that there are choices in life that most people simply ignore, or don't even realize ARE choices.
One way I try and do that is by highlighting non-obvious options, and while our home machine is an old Window's box, I'm going to boot this up for her and see how she reacts... "Cool, something new!" or "Ewww, something new!" or "What-ev, where's the web?"
QuikboyMar 24th 2009 11:28PM
Well I guess it doesn't hurt to try things, but when I think of Linux, I think of command prompts and more techie-type things, which I don't think children need to deal with. But if Qimo really is something different, then that isn't as bad as I thought. My first reaction was that it was just trying to get children into a different mindset, rather than let them explore the options on their own.