Interesting article about "What Linux is doing wrong on the desktop"

[Scott]

On 05/07/2006 11:51 PM, * Daniel Robitaille spake thusly:
> On 5/7/06, Scott <listboi at angrykeyboarder.com> wrote:
>> On 05/07/2006 09:32 PM, * Anders Karlsson spake thusly:
>> > On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 18:12 -0700, Scott wrote:
>> >> On 05/02/2006 09:00 PM, * Anders Karlsson spake thusly:
>> >> [snip]
>> >>> When someone is five years old, they don't choose an OS, they use
>> what
>> >>> is put in front of them. My daughter, which I have not had influence
>> >>> over, is using Windows as that is what was put in front of her by her
>> >>> mother. My son, when the time comes, will learn Unix and Linux. As he
>> >>> isn't even two, his interest in computers is limited to bashing the
>> >>> living daylights out of the keyboard at the moment.
>> >>
>> >> They'll be pretty well-rounded then (or confused) when they get to
>> >> school and go to computer lab and learn how to use Windows or a Mac.
>> >
>> > That depends. Some schools have pretty skilled staff where
>> > they run a mixed environment, and yet other schools have
>> > decided against using Microsoft completely. Also, a lot can
>> > happen in ten years. :)
>>
>> My ex-girlfriend's son started computer lab in Kindergarten.  They sent
>> him and other kids twice a week to a classroom where the computers
>> (eMacs) were, hence my remarks. :-)
>>
>> Oh and his regular teacher was in her 60's and barely knew squat about
>> computers.
>>
> 
> my 6 year old kindergarden son is using Windows at school;  I know
> since he was telling recently that he learned to do ctrl-alt-del and
> then type of the username/password written on the sheet of paper taped
> beside the keyboard.  I find it kind of sad they have to learn that
> key-combo so young...
> 
> But at home  him and his 4-year old sister have now mastered  the art
> of double-booting between "Windows" (Win98) and "Kid's Linux"
> (Edubuntu) and know that some games are only available in one system,
> and some in the other, and how  they can logout from one of their
> parent's gnome session to get into whatever session/OS they want.

They get smarter with every generation. :-)

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	Scott
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