What to tell 13 year old kids about Linux and Open Source?

[Uri Even-Chen]

Thank you.

Uri Even-Chen
Mobile Phone: +972-50-9007559
E-mail: uri at speedy.net
Website: http://www.speedy.net/




On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 09:42, amichay p. k. <am1chay.p.k at gmail.com> wrote:
> i wish there was a "like" in email...
> very good idea.
>
> 2011/1/10 Uri Even-Chen <uri at speedy.net>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 08:35, Gabor Szabo <szabgab at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > hi,
>> >
>> > in the school of my son they are interested in getting some 1 hour long
>> > presentations from parents about various interesting subject.
>> >
>> > I could talk hours and days about Linux and Open Source in general
>> > but I wonder what do you think. What would be interesting to 13 year
>> > old kids?
>> >
>> > I am not sure "free speech" is interesting to them and unfortunately
>> > they are probably used to that every software is "free beer".
>> > Given the cheats and cracks.
>> >
>> > So what do you think?
>>
>> I would recommend speaking about the "free as in freedom" concept of
>> Linux and open source software - the 4 freedoms a software user should
>> have, and that copying a software and giving a copy to your friend,
>> modifying software etc. are basic freedoms anyone should have. Then
>> speak about how Linux evolved, history of Linux and the status of
>> Linux today.
>>
>> When I first started to learn programming, in 1983, I didn't know
>> nothing about free software, open source software etc. Only after
>> participating in open source conferences in 2001 and 2002 and reading
>> the book "free as in freedom" (about Richard Stallman) I realized the
>> "free as in freedom" concept and its advantages.  Even today I'm still
>> using non-free software such as Windows and Microsoft Office, but
>> today I understand more about it than 10 years ago.
>>
>> Uri Even-Chen
>> Mobile Phone: +972-50-9007559
>> E-mail: uri at speedy.net
>> Website: http://www.speedy.net/
>>
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