Re: FreeBSD and projects for kids

2005-08-21 Thread Heiko Grill
Am Freitag, 19. August 2005 03:12 schrieb Gayn Winters: > I'm building a PC with my 10 year old niece. Actually we are building > several PC's out of junk parts that we have laying around the office. > We are trying various OS's, including FreeBSD, on them. We are trying to > get various devices t

Re: FreeBSD and projects for kids

2005-08-20 Thread Tim Holmes
| I'm building a PC with my 10 year old niece. Actually we are building | several PC's out of junk parts that we have laying around the office. | We are trying various OS's, including FreeBSD, on them. We are trying to | get various devices to work: printers, scanners, sound cards, | microphones

Re: FreeBSD and projects for kids

2005-08-20 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:12:12 -0700 "Gayn Winters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm building a PC with my 10 year old niece. Actually we are building > several PC's out of junk parts that we have laying around the office. > We are trying various OS's, including FreeBSD, on them. We are trying > to

Re: FreeBSD and projects for kids

2005-08-20 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
"Gayn Winters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anyone tried PicoBSD as an example of a "small OS"? PicoBSD is almost certainly not what you're looking for. All of the useful PicoBSD documentation is pretty-much in the manpage and in a few files under /usr/src/release/picobsd/; it's just a way of bu

FreeBSD and projects for kids

2005-08-20 Thread Gayn Winters
I'm building a PC with my 10 year old niece. Actually we are building several PC's out of junk parts that we have laying around the office. We are trying various OS's, including FreeBSD, on them. We are trying to get various devices to work: printers, scanners, sound cards, microphones, video boar

Re: FreeBSD and projects for kids

2005-08-20 Thread Mike Hernandez
On 8/18/05, Gayn Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thus my questions: any ideas for very elementary reading on computers > for a 10 year old? Any ideas for an appropriate web site for her? > Anyone tried PicoBSD as an example of a "small OS"?Can anyone advise > me as to how much of FreeB

FreeBSD and projects for kids

2005-08-20 Thread Gayn Winters
I'm building a PC with my 10 year old niece. Actually we are building several PC's out of junk parts that we have laying around the office. We are trying various OS's, including FreeBSD, on them. We are trying to get various devices to work: printers, scanners, sound cards, microphones, video boar