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On 18 Jan 2008, at 11:13, Rob Beard wrote: > Quoting Clare Shepherd <clareeshepherd@xxxxxxx>: > >>> My daughter uses Linux - mainly for Tux Racer, Supertux and similar >>> penguin related games. Of course she is 10 but I hope she will >>> get to >>> know more than just the games. >> >> I'm sure that she and youngsters like her are the way forward. After >> all, Microsoft are getting worse (Vista anyone?) as far as the end >> user is concerned. She obviously has a "better educated father", - >> lucky girl. >> >> Clare >> > > My two eldest daughters have a PC in their room running Ubuntu. They > absolutely love Tuxpaint. > > My eldest said something funny this morning. She was saying about how > they use Google Earth at school. She said that it's different to the > one I use at home because they have to use the 'Blue' version. > > It turns out she was talking about Windows XP. She said about the > blue bar at the top and the bottom, with the bottom one having a green > start button. > > She said that my Google Earth is better (I'm running Ubuntu), so even > at 7 (nearly 8) she's starting to notice the difference. I'm hoping > that eventually I'll be able to convince the school to run things like > Tuxpaint and Tuxmath at the school, even if it is on Windows XP. > > Rob > > She's obviously becoming a perceptive young lady, with the help of her parents. Well done Rob, I'm sure she'll be grateful that she is omni-OS,. IT should hold no fears for her. Great Clare -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html