I've seen the "15 Books for Kids" post, but I'm looking for something yet a bit more basic (No, not the "HTML for Babies" book - That's TOO basic).

I'm looking for a book or two (pdf and/or hard copy) just for kids who are raw beginners. I'm setting-up a Debian 10 box for my grandchildren, ages 12, 10, 9, 8, and 7, in another city. I want them to have something that will help them when I'm not there (and not connected to their machine via TeamViewer or SSH via No-IP). I've been searching through the web and at Amazon, but I'm not finding anything which seems basic enough. (I'll include some slightly more advanced stuff, but I want something that will help from the very very beginning). Could anyone here point me to some good candidates for this?

Different approach:
Some distros specialise on a no-internet-connection situation, meaning that a lot of help articles come preinstalled.
I don't remember the name now, it was something for a laptop for every child (in poor countries)...

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MX Linux comes with a manual, & for something aimed at youngsters, you could try the Raspberry Desktop for PC. Both based on Debian.

https://mxlinux.org/
https://www.raspberrypi.org/download...ry-pi-desktop/

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Might be helpful to avoid them getting out of hand, as well as crossing parental boundaries, but that's all I may say about that.

I'd also think that perhaps it might be useful instead for you, mdavidjohnson to write a guide for them. Why? Well for one, you set up the system(s), you might include recovery instructions, as well as recommended settings which they can play with. And you can develop new content for them over time as you learn, how best they learn.

My only other thought is that all of them may perceive things vastly differently. People are like that. This is why it's helpful to be the author and be able to adapt for those who can benefit by alternative instruction guides.

It doesn't always have to have bling and graphics, it can just be text in a readme file.

And how long before they (they kids) know more than any of us ?. Damned if my dog isn't there already ... :shrug:

It is how I handle my grandson with autism.

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post5648944

Which I understand , of course, is smaller setting than a classroom.

One of the 1st wallpapers I put in /usr/share/wallpapers was from link


My wife uses my google account. So hence the yahoo thing when I search. I've changed it back. But gave up. Probably why I use firefox - esr a lot lately.

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This link, though it's not about books, looks like it might be helpful:

https://www.lifehack.org/articles/fe...-children.html

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Scratch https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/870336/
Or Robocode are fun.

I haven't updated my blog in sometime but made one for my nephew... https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...like-me-35291/

Have fun!

Thanks for all the help.

ondoho: Perhaps you're thinking of doudoulinux ?

^ no, it was a distro specifically geared for use by kids (school kids) in poor countries where constant or unlimited internet access is not a given - so it came preinstalled with a huge knowledgebase, wikipedia articles,but also software ...

Maybe it was that "one laptop per child" project, but I don't think so.

Anyhow, my idea was that this "Kids' Books for Raw Beginners" could be the installed OS itself.

just learned of this

https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=47793

Edit. In case you missed it. Scroll down the thread and look for other ideas posted.