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On a point of information relating to the first post: 2. Videos. - bbc i-player (i have read there could some issues getting this working?) - you tube (should "just work" in a browser?) Unless something recent has happened that I've not noticed, the linux (not specifically pi) issue with browsers playing TV on demand or YouTube (or Photobox, much to my annoyance) related to an unmitigatedly catastrophic piece of bloated intrusive commercial software from Adobe called Flashplayer, which for a long while suppressed any alternative format from being offered on those sites. That problem evaporated when HTML5 was adopted by the content hosting sites. Flashplayer was withdrawn from the market, everything started working, no remaining problem. On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 17:02, Roland Tarver via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello folks, > > I hope you are all good. Rarely post here, but hopefully you would not mind > pointing me in the right direction please? > > It's time to get my son into computing. He is 8 years old in August. Given that he > has a nerdy dad (me!); I am going to get him a pi - if I can. lol! > > I've done some digging about the net and noted a huge stock shortage, which I'm > guessing is no surprise to those here. However, I have had some success on ebay. > There is new a Pi 4B 4GB for under £100. > > I was about to pull the trigger; but before doing so I thought I would ask here > for any advance surrounding any issues of which I may not be aware. Sadly, these > days, I do not have time to be as nerdy as I would like - and my knowledge is > pretty poor. > > I do have a little experience however. I have a piNas thing which I set up a good > few years ago and its still runnning headlessly in the cupboard. lol. > > My son will use the pi for:- > 1. His homework - largely done through various websites; all of which work fine in > firefox on my MS laptop (dont hurt me! hahaha - I just have not got round to > installing something sensible on it yet! lol). (He currently uses my laptop for > his home work.) > > 2. Videos. > - bbc i-player (i have read there could some issues getting this working?) > - you tube (should "just work" in a browser?) > > 3. Programming > He uses that scratch thing in school; to me it looks a bit of a faff if im honest. > I was just going to start off with some python - or at least a normal programming > language - rather than scratch. I learnt on the bbc micro back in the day - worked > for me lol. RTB - Gordon? lol > > 4. Games > He is dead keen for a bit of minecraft! lol (he has never played it; just seen it > at his mates house). I am aware of the pi edition of minecraft. > > I have no specific questions, but any general comments or advice would be > gratefully recieved. Thank very much. > > Cheers roly :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: https://www.dcglug.org.uk/faq/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: https://www.dcglug.org.uk/faq/