I’m thinking about building a desktop with one of my kids and I would really prefer to put Linux on it. My wife is not a fan of the idea, however.

I’m wondering are there any good Linux distros/utilities for children that include parental control features and things like that? And that are easy to use for a child who has only used basic Chromebooks in the past?

For reference the child is under 12.

  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
    132·
    6 months ago

    dont use parental controls

    That’s how you get your kid to encounter MLP porn. Or worse, discover Gab and 4chan.

    • ceasarlegsvin@kbin.social
      41·
      6 months ago

      Early access in a controlled environment is a really good way to make sure people don’t fall down rabbit holes.

      Obviously it depends how old, but if you block a specific website it’s only a matter of time before they work out a way around the block

    • Fizz@lemmy.nz
      31·
      6 months ago

      Thats when you show them the picture of 4chan meetups and ask them if they want to end up like that.

      • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
        3·
        6 months ago

        I use a combo of Pihole + OpenDNS with filters. And my kid’s user account does not have privileges to change network settings. Yet. Things will be enabled one by one in due time until he’s in 100% control of his own computer.

        And if he actually knows what a DNS server is and is digging around for the setting, and trying to hack my shit, then I’d say he’s ready for the “adult” computing world.