Hi fellow HNers,
I know this question gets asked every now and again on various forums, but the answers also seem to change quite frequently, so here goes:
I'm giving a hand-me-down ex-asset (Dell D610 Latitude) laptop to a 12yr old that I don't know very well. He wants it for homework, and just as an 'own' computer. I'm assuming that his internet will be restricted by his parents (likely a good thing), so want to pack as much on there for offline use as I can, including possibly some small games and basic tools to learn programming.
What I have currently, is:
- Ubuntu 12.04 running XFCE 4 (light on resources
- LibreOffice
- Offline wikipedia dump and reader
- IntelliJ CE along with a JDK (I'm thinking this is probably one of the easier intros using a mainstream language)
What other recommendations/ideas are there? Perhaps people with kids in this age bracket could comment?
Thanks!
I know this question gets asked every now and again on various forums, but the answers also seem to change quite frequently, so here goes:
I'm giving a hand-me-down ex-asset (Dell D610 Latitude) laptop to a 12yr old that I don't know very well. He wants it for homework, and just as an 'own' computer. I'm assuming that his internet will be restricted by his parents (likely a good thing), so want to pack as much on there for offline use as I can, including possibly some small games and basic tools to learn programming.
What I have currently, is:
- Ubuntu 12.04 running XFCE 4 (light on resources
- LibreOffice
- Offline wikipedia dump and reader
- IntelliJ CE along with a JDK (I'm thinking this is probably one of the easier intros using a mainstream language)
What other recommendations/ideas are there? Perhaps people with kids in this age bracket could comment?
Thanks!