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 :-)
