Puppy Teen for Fun Linux
Posted: Thu 16 Nov 2006, 03:58
Hello Everyone,
I been a Linux user for 11 months and tried all the big names in Linux and some of the smaller versions as well.
I been a Puppy User since 2.1 came out and it is now my number one operating system on my computer.
I currently have Windows XP plus 4 linux distros on 2 hard drives.
I use Puppy 99% of the time and all the others 1% of the time.
Why is this so ?? What makes Puppy so special ??
Because it can do everything I need it to do (Almost! Scanner not working, don't care used once a year)
My nieces like using it as well because it does the following:
plays Encrypted DVD's ,has a Chat (msn, yahoo) program, has enough codecs to open Web pages eg java, flash etc.
Can play or with extra dotpups Windows media player files, mp3's. there's nothing worst than receiving an email with a media file attached and you can't open it.
After enjoying reading the adventures of the forum post "Puppy Professional for Business" I thought I should mention the Teens out there who don't care what operating system a computer is using as long as it lets them do their thing.
Because my dial-up internet connect opens their online chat faster than Windows on Puppy, they want to use Puppy.
This isn't because they love Linux, but because it worked better than Windows.
I thought wouldn't it be nice to create a Puppy linux for teens as they are the future of computing and possible the next user's/programmer's of Linux
They don't care about Open Office as much as a business does (still need it) unless it's for stuff they don't like, Like Homework.
So What should a Teen Linux have in it?
I'll start the list off with what my nieces have said in their words. Mine in Brackets ( )
MSN messenger ( Gain ), DVD player (Gxine/Mplayer with extra codecs), Windows Media Player (Gxine/Mplayer with extra codecs), Real Player (RealPlayer 10),Quicktime (Gxine/Mplayer with extra codecs), Email (Thunderbird, Seamonkey), Explorer (Seamonkey, Opera, firefox), Word, Excel, Powerpoint (Open Office, Abiword),Compatability with the Apple i-pod Mp3 Player (??), Paint (Gimp, Xpaint), Wav to Mp3 converter (??), Mp3 to CD burner (??), Bluetooth (??), CD/VCD/DVD Burner (??)
Plus a cool looking desktop to show off to their buddies. (Even just a cool wallpaper and Icons would be a start)
Originally I said to them that if they wanted to use my computer, they had to use Linux.
They said we will use any windows program you want, just as long as we can go on your computer. I still think even though I've tried to explain to them that Linux has nothing to do with microsoft, that to them Linux is still Windows but a different version of Windows.
Let me know what you think good and bad
I been a Linux user for 11 months and tried all the big names in Linux and some of the smaller versions as well.
I been a Puppy User since 2.1 came out and it is now my number one operating system on my computer.
I currently have Windows XP plus 4 linux distros on 2 hard drives.
I use Puppy 99% of the time and all the others 1% of the time.
Why is this so ?? What makes Puppy so special ??
Because it can do everything I need it to do (Almost! Scanner not working, don't care used once a year)
My nieces like using it as well because it does the following:
plays Encrypted DVD's ,has a Chat (msn, yahoo) program, has enough codecs to open Web pages eg java, flash etc.
Can play or with extra dotpups Windows media player files, mp3's. there's nothing worst than receiving an email with a media file attached and you can't open it.
After enjoying reading the adventures of the forum post "Puppy Professional for Business" I thought I should mention the Teens out there who don't care what operating system a computer is using as long as it lets them do their thing.
Because my dial-up internet connect opens their online chat faster than Windows on Puppy, they want to use Puppy.
This isn't because they love Linux, but because it worked better than Windows.
I thought wouldn't it be nice to create a Puppy linux for teens as they are the future of computing and possible the next user's/programmer's of Linux
They don't care about Open Office as much as a business does (still need it) unless it's for stuff they don't like, Like Homework.
So What should a Teen Linux have in it?
I'll start the list off with what my nieces have said in their words. Mine in Brackets ( )
MSN messenger ( Gain ), DVD player (Gxine/Mplayer with extra codecs), Windows Media Player (Gxine/Mplayer with extra codecs), Real Player (RealPlayer 10),Quicktime (Gxine/Mplayer with extra codecs), Email (Thunderbird, Seamonkey), Explorer (Seamonkey, Opera, firefox), Word, Excel, Powerpoint (Open Office, Abiword),Compatability with the Apple i-pod Mp3 Player (??), Paint (Gimp, Xpaint), Wav to Mp3 converter (??), Mp3 to CD burner (??), Bluetooth (??), CD/VCD/DVD Burner (??)
Plus a cool looking desktop to show off to their buddies. (Even just a cool wallpaper and Icons would be a start)
Originally I said to them that if they wanted to use my computer, they had to use Linux.
They said we will use any windows program you want, just as long as we can go on your computer. I still think even though I've tried to explain to them that Linux has nothing to do with microsoft, that to them Linux is still Windows but a different version of Windows.
Let me know what you think good and bad