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.
When I was a kid I remember being confused at what the installation questions were.
If I were my own parent, I’d explain how the OS can sort itself (FHS, Windows, macOS). This gives confidence for installing and inspecting software.
Next, I’d explain how drives work and how they’re represented in different systems. That means partitions and formatting too.
That would then take me to explaining what’s involved in OS installs, erasing everything, dual booting, retaining personal files, etc.