"Easy enough for a child to use" isn't saying much. I was writing BASIC programs for the Apple][ when I was 7 or 8, and that wasn't a "user-friendly" machine by any stretch of the imagination. Kids love to play (experiment, to us grown-ups) and I imagine Linux to be the perfect playground - full of funny-looking equipment with lots of instructions around on how to build your own:)
Okay, so this is a little off-topic, but I think we need computers set up so kids can pop the hood and look around. (And a multi-user system makes sure they can't mess up dad's email) I want to see more kids think "this game is boring, I want to write my own that does this and this and that!" - and then lets them do it on their own.
kids are definately more computer-saavy (Score:1)
Okay, so this is a little off-topic, but I think we need computers set up so kids can pop the hood and look around. (And a multi-user system makes sure they can't mess up dad's email) I want to see more kids think "this game is boring, I want to write my own that does this and this and that!" - and then lets them do it on their own.
Okay, I'll get back on topic now :)