<div dir="ltr">I'd say maybe to stress the idea of customization.<br>Since the source is open, you can make it do whatever you want.<br>Kids (especially teenagers) are really into stamping their own personal mark on the world around them. With open source software (and the skills) they can do that.<br>
Then of course there's the "The program doesn't do <i>exactly</i> what I want, so I'll tweak it until it does" issue which might appeal to them.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Gabor Szabo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:szabgab@gmail.com">szabgab@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">hi,<br>
<br>
in the school of my son they are interested in getting some 1 hour long<br>
presentations from parents about various interesting subject.<br>
<br>
I could talk hours and days about Linux and Open Source in general<br>
but I wonder what do you think. What would be interesting to 13 year<br>
old kids?<br>
<br>
I am not sure "free speech" is interesting to them and unfortunately<br>
they are probably used to that every software is "free beer".<br>
Given the cheats and cracks.<br>
<br>
So what do you think?<br>
<br>
regards<br>
Gabor<br>
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