There is a Ubuntu flavor for educational purposes. and it appears to scale well. http://edubuntu.org/ On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > I have decided to give my daughter (who is not quite a year old) her own > laptop (an old Sony I have in the garage). I am doing this because > 1) I am tired of her sneak attaching me when I am working on my computers > and think if she had her own it would help quell this. So far this has > worked for books, magazines, etc. > 2) I am tired of working with her with flash cards and would like some > applications designed by educational professionals. > 3) I want her to be interested in computers as something other > then those forbidden objects that take all of daddy's time.  Thus I want > something a young child could learn how to use over the next few years. > Any suggestions for distribution and applications.  - Please only > serious suggestions - Slackware need not apply > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss