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What could be the best way to introduce the world of computers to a kid, let's say of 6 years old, so that he learns to handle it like a toy and stops dreading it like some esoteric, arcane and (thebrainbin.org)

submitted 3 days ago by TheracAriane@thebrainbin.org to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know if this is a good idea, but I've been thinking of the idea of giving an old air-gapped computer with Linux to a potential young child of mine.

Therefore, they can tinker around, play with educational software, maybe even learn some terminal stuff, all without the dangers of the Internet.

[–] kiagam@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Configure it to have limited access and your kid will know everything in a week trying to unlock it

[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Time to chmod 000 every game on the system and have them figure out what file permissions are ;)