On 2014-02-06, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > And for a beginner who is only programming casually and likely > doing other things with the PC a Windows box makes a lot of > sense since other programs are more plentiful and generally > better quality for casual use. > > If you want to become a pro then sure Linux is great and > without doubt the best development OS around. But for a 13 year > old casual user? I doubt it makes much difference.
Linux is a great OS for a child to learn computing and programming on, provided the parent knows it well enough to train the student on it. If not, it's just inviting needless headaches. -- Neil Cerutti _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
