[GLLUG] Raspberry Pi for children

[damion.yates at gmail.com]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2013, Sean McManus wrote:

> On 05/06/2013 17:24, Hearns, John wrote:
> > I am thinking on buying a Raspberry Pi for my nephew.
> > 
> > Are there distributions for them which are aimed at children

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> As Bernard said, Raspbian includes Scratch
[...]
> I'm not aware of a distro targeted at children: 

There is Edubuntu.

I found "gcompris" as a standalone app was enough for preschool/primary
school kids.  So installing that on Raspbian is probably the easiest
thing to do.

Actually I'll try that myself on a Raspberry Pi I've been lent now
you've reminded me.  RaspBMC wasn't really as good as I'd hoped.

 - Damion