[Leaplist] Hey, Dad…Can I have Linux back?

[Aaron Morrison]

Full blog article here:
http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1913

<quote>
My oldest son, creator of flame wars, finally discovered that you can  
only surf to the nether regions of the Internet so many times before  
even Vista business succumbs to malware. His computer an unusable mass  
of pop-ups, spewing traffic over our network actually asked me tonight  
to reinstall Linux for him.
</quote>

There's more, but the point of the article was this...

<quote>
This is, of course one of the more important things to remember about  
Linux in Ed Tech (aside from the fact that it’s free): kids are mean  
to computers and do things they probably shouldn’t on the Internet.  
Linux (and to a lesser extent, OS X) is simply more resistant to abuse  
and for that reason alone is at least worth our consideration.
</quote>

--am