Linux for Kids?
Linux for Kids?
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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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.
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I bet that a kid with no root access or sudo permission couldn't break any Linux system, immutable or not...
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I can confirm. My little ones have been running Linux for years.
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but then they won't be able to install apps
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Flatpak is user wide, so yeah, they can...
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Yes. And using restricting application access doesn't really work with normal package managers, but is easy with flatpak.
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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.
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Let the break it, and like other things in life, make (teach) them fix it if they want to keep using it.
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