Any one here has any experience with teaching 8 to 12 years old kids Linux?

  • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
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    11 months ago

    Maybe a Steam Deck if they’re into gaming, boy do people love to tinker with their Decks.

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        11 months ago

        Yes, he’ll just drop into Steam when something gets too hard to acomplish. I wouldn’t use the deck as a learning tool as well.

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          11 months ago

          But when the time comes and the kid needs to write some assignments for school, you can be like Your Steam Deck can do that too, have a look at what this dock does

          Imagine if handheld gaming is all they’ve ever used it and known it for, and all of a sudden you show them than it can be a full desktop experience, too

          My mind would’ve been blown back when I was a kid

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            Your Steam Deck can do that too, have a look at what this dock does

            Ah, of course 👍. Maybe like let him do the first few on his laptop and then be like “you know you can do that on the steam deck, right 😏” 😁.

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        11 months ago

        I love Linux gaming. Got the Steam deck for my SO. She kind of hates it BECAUSE it’s not a no tinker device.

        Like if you pick the right games you’re good, but want to play the “wrong” game, or want to mod, and your back to tinkering.

        I don’t mind it at all, it’s just what PC gaming has been for me my whole life, but for her, someone who only experienced gaming on newer consoles it’s a pain in the tush.