Godot is one open source game engine that you could check out if you are
interested

On Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 11:44 T Zack Crawford via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> LFS is pretty hard to set up. I think the biggest issue kids have getting
> into computers is finding something that they will have the attention span
> to deal with. Find them a project to work on that they will enjoy. You can
> always set them up with a linux desk/laptop for daily use, although that
> does not in itself develop their knowledge, only peace the door open for
> customization.
>
> I would recommend perhaps having them code their own video game. Unity is
> a good free-as-in-beer game engine for casual game development with lots of
> free information available online. There are not many good free GPL game
> engines, unfortunately. Maybe try making some music in Ardour.
>
> Perhaps you can have him expand upon the ways he already uses a computer.
> Maybe it would be fun to customize a desktop look and feel? Distro hop or
> check out alternate desktop environments. Customize your own tiling window
> manager setup.  Use the command line when you can. Use a terminal instead
> of a GUI file manager. Dmenu is a cool program for scripting UI elements on
> a desktop with plain text piping.
>
> Write scripts to automate tedious common tasks. Make a new application
> that does something you want. Fork an existing application adding new
> features. Rewrite an existing application in a different language. Find an
> API and automate a task that uses it. Publish your original work to github.
>
> Try making your own website. Use LaTeX for document typesetting. Try doing
> some data analytics or machine learning in python. Make a simple artificial
> intelligence to help solve a problem.
>
>
> There's all kinds of ways to learn about using computers and coding. Pick
> a project and try seeing what you can do. If you don't know how to do
> something, find a stack exchange article or dive into some documentation.
> You'll pick up new knowledge as you go.
>
> Oct 18, 2022 11:06:19 Michael via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>:
>
> He's 11 now. How do you recommend I proceed? I was thinking of trying to
> get him to build an OS. I was thinking Linux From Scratch. but am unsure
> how to proceed. Any advice?
>
> --
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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