The $100 laptop

[KE7FEG]

--- Dennis Kibbe <dennisk at linuxquestions.net> wrote:

> On Friday 18 November 2005 06:18, KE7FEG wrote:
> > Don't flame me, but from a purely dummie
> persective, I
> > had rather use windows as many games/etc wont run
> on a
> > linux machine, BUT, and that is about 40 feet high
> > letters, I agree totally and will avoid the
> redmond
> > terrorist as much as possible!!
> 
> No flame, but this laptop isn't designed for you. 
> It's designed to teach kids 
> how to learn.  *NOT* what to learn. like Math,
> Science, etc.  but just to 
> have the opportunity to learn how to learn.
> 
> These Third World kids don't have your "Windows
> bias", in fact, they have 
> never used or even seen a computer.
> 
> An eye opener (from the Q&A session at 58 min.) is
> that when kids in Thailand 
> took home a laptop for the first time, the family
> gathered around it because 
> it was the brightest light source in the house. 
> Think about that for a 
> minute.
> 
> Maine has required students to have a for two years
> (I think) now and 
> absenteeism has gone down, parent-teacher
> co-operation has gone up and the 
> kids are more interested in learning.
> 
> Open Source/Free software is a powerful enabler.
> 
> Dennisk
> --------------------------------------------------

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//// Bottom posted 'the better way', that is, with a
'split' so it is easy to find the start! That is what
is best, those that don't split their reply with some
flag, even 3 or more enters/returns, make it easy to
have to hunt for the start of the re when bottom
posting and I, personally consider it lazyness!

Now back to the subject of the re.


I was just mentioning the total newbie ease of use of
a windows machine, not that it is the best os, just
that you don't have two 'systems' to learn, the gui
AND the CLI, that was all. 

I agree, Open Source/Fee software is totally better.

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Long live Knoppix, and Puppy Live Linux cd's.
Complete functional operating systems free if downloaded.


		
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