RE: [MLUG] Setting up a linux box for a kid

["Spurling, Shannon" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

You would probably want something with large colorful buttons to launch
the child's favorite programs and a big menu bar so the windows could be
handled easy. It has to seam very integrated and unbreakable. 
I doubt a 2 year old would want to have to edit config files in /etc
with a shell.. :-)
I doubt you'd want them doing that either. :-)


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Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 10:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [MLUG] Setting up a linux box for a kid

Pottinger, Hardy J. wrote:

>So, I've been Googling for a while for tips on how to set up a linux
box
>for a kid, and have most of the pieces in place: SimplyMEPIS on an old
>Toshiba (600MHz Celeron) notebook, lots of fun games from suggestions
at
>http://www.linuxforkids.org and
>http://www.sf.edu/jhlavacek/computers/kids.html. But, now, I'm looking
>for ideas of how to set up the desktop itself. SimplyMEPIS comes with
>just KDE, which is way too much trouble to configure for my son (who is
>2).
>
>My question is, does anyone have any experience with setting up a box
>for a kid, and specifically, what window manager did you use?
>  
>
You might check out XFCE...pretty lightweight and, for this purpose, one

of my bigger complaints would probably be a boon. It seems to lack a 
cohesive "launcher" type button, so you have to set up the launchers you

want. Or there's always Afterstep, which I've heard many good things 
about, but have never been able to really get into.

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