It’s common knowledge that getting kids excited about computers and technology is the best way to get them excited about learning.
Kiddix Computing has come up with a Linux-based operating system designed especially for children aged 5-10. All of the icons for applications are situated around the edge of the desktop. There’s e-mail, a browser, an [...]
“This is a free minix-like kernel for i386(+) based AT-machines,” began the Linux version 0.01 release notes in September of 1991 for the first release of the Linux kernel.
Very interesting read, for those of us that weren’t “there” in the beginning
Source: Kernel Trap
~LC
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