Major topic(s): Global Jam 2013

10:30-11: Kids and Ubuntu

Short discussion on introducing Linux to kids. Will cover a few topics on resources to help keep both the system and the kids safe, and some intro to kid friendly distributions, educational apps and games. We’ll have a few systems loaded up for demos - kids are welcome.

Notes: Ubuntu and Kids: Short discussion/demo on introducing Linux to kids. Some great articles and resources are listed below.

A. Family friendly Ubuntu Environment http://www.howtogeek.com/54036/how-to-create-a-family-friendly-ubuntu-setup/

1. Separate kids account, no admin rights.

Open the user administration window from System > Administration > User and Groups to set up an account for the kids. You may need to ‘Unlock’ the User Accounts dialog with a password to add a new account. Click the plus to add a new standard account and name it. You can set a password for the kids account, or select Log in without password to set it to none.

1. Web content controls (block harmful/banned sites with DansGuardian)

2. Software access (i.e. specific apps/games)
3. Timekeeping (i.e. limits to total usage and/or specific time frames)

B. Kid friendly distros & apps:

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/linux-for-children.html

http://linuxaria.hubpages.com/hub/Linux-for-your-kids

1. Full package = Qimo, Edubuntu, Sugar, LInuxKidX, Foresight for Kids

2. ChildsPlay (collection of games, emphasis on memory skills, ages 2-10)

3. EToys (scripting process skills - not programming, just process)
4. SuperTux/Secret Maryo - mario clones

5. TomBoy - wikinote clone

6. Kalzium - chemistry info/Atomix - younger chemistry info
7. Tux of Math Command - arcade game w/ math skills

C. Additional Software

http://maketecheasier.com/5-best-linux-software-packages-for-kids/2010/06/15

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/43524.aspx

http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/05/26/fun-educational-linux-games-kids/

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8288?page=0,1

1. GCompris (ages 2-10)
2. Sugar desktop (simplified desktop system)
3. KDE Ed Project (kdeedu) (ages 3-18, primary aimed at school age+)
4. Tux Paint
5. Tux Typing
6. KTuberling and The Potato Guy
7. Super Tux
8. Tux Kart

9. TuxRacer (age 5+)

10. XTux (pacman clone)
11. Ri-Li (trains, ages 3+)
12. Solitaire
13. Bug Squish
14. Four in a Row
15. Math War
16. Tali (yatzee)

H. Additional Resources for Parents Teaching Kids about Linux

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/43613.aspx?cid=parsely_rec

1. KidZui - kidsafe browser

2. TuxMobil - royalty free eBooks & texts and audiobooks

3. SchoolForge - directory of educational FOSS

J. Open source programming for Kids

http://archive09.linux.com/feature/155203

1. Scratch
2. Alice
3. Shoes

K. HACKETT AND BANKWELL - Linux tutorials for kids, comics format

http://hackettandbankwell.com/

11-12: How anyone can contribute to Ubuntu

We'll be discussing the Ubuntu community in general, and sharing a large variety of online resources including IRC, forums, newsletters/mailing lists, interest groups/teams, documentation, artwork, translations, and events/calendars. We will cover LaunchPad accounts as a way to access, and activate single sign on, for Ubuntu community resources. We will wrap up by discussing the bug reporting process.

Notes: Global Jam 2013: How anyone can contribute to the Ubuntu Community

Ubuntu Idaho LoCo Team: Resource Summary

Webpage/Wiki: http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-idaho

Mailing list: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-id

G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/100908336249604020427/posts

contact: contact@ubuntuidaho.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ubuntu_us_id

IRC (Freenode): #ubuntu-us-id

Team Forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=398

Meetings: last Tuesday, of every month, 6:30 - 7:30 at the Open Lab Idaho, 108 West 33rd Street Garden City, ID 83714.

Community:

http://www.ubuntu.com/community

• Use and Advocate Ubuntu
• Read up on Ubuntu: The Fridge (newsletter), Ubuntu Planet (blog aggregate)

• Join a LoCo or other Community Team (Artwork, Documentation, Translators, etc)

• Visit the forums: ask/answer questions, join and reply to mailing list questions
• Provide help in IRC
• Report a bug (Filling out the bug reports) and/or Join the Bugsquad (Help triage bug reports)

IRC:

http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Courses/IRC

Clients: Empathy, X-Chat, Chatzilla, Opera (embedded), Ubuntu Idaho (embedded)

X-Chat: http://xchat.org/

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XChatHowto

Classroom:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom

Report a bug/Bug Triage:

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/report-problem

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Bugs/Reporting

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad