Greetings fellow TR Members!
I need your expert advice.
I am purchasing a new pc for my 3.5-yr-old this Christmas. It is a low-end model that (surprise!) is coming pre-loaded with XP (probably because it only has 1GB memory but that is fine).
Anyway, I am thinking that I want to instead run Linux on this machine.
My kid will have plenty of opportunity to learn Windows everywhere else. If I get him started with Linux, I think it may make him more computer-savvy and flexible (although I suppose this could be erroneous thinking).
Anyway, I am seeking a solution that I can make real simple for him. I don’t know anything about Linux, so forgive my ignorance.
Basically I want his desktop to have the ability to be formatted with a few large icons that will open the programs I have downloaded onto his machine; and nothing more. No start menu/taskbar so as to avoid him doing anything he shouldn’t do; and an internet connection that I can lock down 100% (allowing him access to only a couple of sites of my choosing).
This is possible with Linux, no?
Where do I begin?
And to make this question even longer… what if I wanted to keep XP on the machine, run Linux most of the time, but keep the option of switching back to XP if desired?
