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MadPenguin Announces TykeLinux Project 9

Posted by timothy on Monday March 31, 2003 @07:32PM from the tux-for-tots dept.

TheMadPenguin writes "MadPenguin.org announces today its TykeLinux (current working title) project, a Linux distro geared toward child development and learning. The distribution will be based and built upon Ark Linux 1.0a7.1 and the KDE 3.1.x desktop environment. It will include several educational tools, as well as cross-platform compatible office applications. If you are an interested software developer, please read the full announcement and get on board :)"

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- Re:Why do we need such a specific distro? (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by TheMadPenguin ( 662390 ) writes:
  
  Yes it would actually, but our idea is to build a system that "runs out of the box". Something so simple to set up and use that most windows and mac converts will be able to be instantly productive. In speaking with Bero from Ark, we will probably also package a suite as an additional ISO... probably for the Ark distro, but I don't see why we couldn't further that effort for other distros as well.
  - Re:Why do we need such a specific distro? (Score:2, Funny)
    
    by Mr. Nigger ( 650628 ) writes:
    
    I always knew Linux was nothing more than a childs plaything.
    - Re:Why do we need such a specific distro? (Score:2)
      
      by BigBir3d ( 454486 ) writes:
      
      haha
      
      Seriously, I am downloading Ark now to check it out. Nothing wrong with another distro to play with :)
Also announcing (Score:1)

by BortQ ( 468164 ) writes:

Rocket science for kids. Get your children on the fast track by enrolling them in TykeBlasts, the only orbital vehicle with no height requirement!!!
legalese: TykeBlasts is not responsible for any burning/exploding/smushing/hurt feelings that may be encountered by your child. Use at your own risk.
Why the negativity? (Score:1, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Why is most everyone here being negative toward this idea? They are talking about children here... and I for one think it's an excellent idea. Though I must point out that others are doing the same thing already with varying degrees of success.

You guys should at least give them some credit for wanting to make a difference. By the looks of it so far, they won't get any development help...
At last (Score:1)

by evilad ( 87480 ) writes:

A distro that's easy to install.
Great idea! (Score:1)

by weeboo0104 ( 644849 ) writes:

I was thinking of doing something like this myself. My motivation was slightly different though. I have an African Grey parrot named Elmo [wscbc.org] who likes to watch me work on my computer. I wanted to figure out a way to give my bird some sort of interface device (like one of those kiddy keyboards at CompUSA) and build a simple graphical interface maybe based on WindowMaker. I couldn't think of a good (parrot proof) keyboard that she could use, so I was thinking that maybe I could use voice recognition as a met
- Re:Great idea! (Score:1)
  
  by TheMadPenguin ( 662390 ) writes:
  
  And how does that relate? heheh :)

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