From experience, building a desktop with your kids is at least a few hours of fun, and will give them a chance to learn the different parts of a computer.
I've had both of my kids build their own desktop computers and they both enjoyed it. The only thing I insisted on doing for them was putting the cpu in the socket as I didn't want them to drop it and bend the pins.
As for Linux from Scratch, I feel that may be a bit too much for a child to get in to. IMO Debian may be a good place to start as the installation process gives you more options than say Ubuntu without being too complicated.
On Tue, Oct 18, 2022, at 11:27 AM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Is there anything in computers he wants to learn to do? does he have an interest?
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> without that, it is more than likely just spending time with dad.
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> On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 2:06 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>> 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?
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