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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Linux for Kids? (yall.theatl.social)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm thinking about building a desktop with one of my kids and I would really prefer to put Linux on it. My wife is not a fan of the idea, however.

I'm wondering are there any good Linux distros/utilities for children that include parental control features and things like that? And that are easy to use for a child who has only used basic Chromebooks in the past?

For reference the child is under 12.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Wouldn't this be a usecase for a immutable distro? Cannot really break it? But haven't used one myself yet so not sure how that holds up.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I bet that a kid with no root access or sudo permission couldn't break any Linux system, immutable or not...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I can confirm. My little ones have been running Linux for years.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

but then they won't be able to install apps

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Flatpak is user wide, so yeah, they can...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

If you dont have an admin account you cannot break the core system anyways.

I agree that rpm-ostree based distros are awesome here, but Linux Desktops are not made to be locked down.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yes. And using restricting application access doesn't really work with normal package managers, but is easy with flatpak.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

Let the break it, and like other things in life, make (teach) them fix it if they want to keep using it.