Friday, December 26, 2008
Christmas in the country 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Christmas Tree
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Winter Wonderland / November 22, 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Jakob's 1st birthday party
Monday, November 03, 2008
Riding the horses
Monday, October 13, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Thanksgiving
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Summer is Over
Friday, October 10, 2008
Computers for kids
So yes, I like Linux (an alternative to windows). I thought I would post a few kid-targeted distributions if anyone wanted to install them. You can probably use an older computer to set them up and they come installed with great games and educational programs right 'out of the box'.
First up is Foresight Kids
Also very friendly is Edubuntu
The hardest thing about these distributions is burning the CD or DVD. Essentially, you download the .iso file (a disk image file) and then burn the disk image. Burning a disk image is probably an option in most CD burners. I can bring home some read to install disks at Christmas if people ask me.
One final note about running Linux, to install new programs you don't surf online, find the .zip installer program and download it. On Linux, you start the package manager program and it connects to a public library of all the free software you can download. Package management (program management) on Linux is fantastic.
First up is Foresight Kids
Also very friendly is Edubuntu
The hardest thing about these distributions is burning the CD or DVD. Essentially, you download the .iso file (a disk image file) and then burn the disk image. Burning a disk image is probably an option in most CD burners. I can bring home some read to install disks at Christmas if people ask me.
One final note about running Linux, to install new programs you don't surf online, find the .zip installer program and download it. On Linux, you start the package manager program and it connects to a public library of all the free software you can download. Package management (program management) on Linux is fantastic.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
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