Re: Children's Books about Linux?

2010-10-09 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 08/10/10 16:31, sara fink wrote: http://www.ogmaciel.com/?p=521 http://www.amazon.com/Hello-World-Computer-Programming-Beginners/dp/1933988495/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286548016&sr=1-1#reader_1933988495

Re: Children's Books about Linux?

2010-10-09 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Fri, Oct 08, 2010, Amichai Rotman wrote about "Children's Books about Linux?": > Any of you aware of the existence of Linux children's books? > > I mean - those books with simple text and pretty pictures telling the story > of Linux for 4-5 year old kids. &g

Re: Children's Books about Linux?

2010-10-09 Thread Amos Shapira
On 9 October 2010 01:38, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Read the text under the last panel twice. > http://www.xkcd.org/456/ And the moral of the story - avoid Gentoo like the plague :). --Amos ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.

Re: Children's Books about Linux?

2010-10-08 Thread Steve G.
I will work with you or help you... I have done technical and marketing writing and technical documentation. I have a couple of friends who wrote a children's book but had a snag with publishing it. These days technology exists to inexpensively self publish. I can chat with them about their experi

Re: Children's Books about Linux?

2010-10-08 Thread sara fink
give them hands on with linux. talk with them as the comics show. Writing a book doesn't guarantee that they will read the book. Insert it in their minds via action. They will get the feeling. On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Amichai Rotman wrote: > I have seen those. These are "computer science"

Re: Children's Books about Linux?

2010-10-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
2010/10/8 Amichai Rotman : > Hi, > Any of you aware of the existence of Linux children's books? > I mean - those books with simple text and pretty pictures telling the story > of Linux for 4-5 year old kids. > I'd like to teach my children the values of the community from an early > stage. > I real

Re: Children's Books about Linux?

2010-10-08 Thread Amichai Rotman
I have seen those. These are "computer science" for young kids. I am referring to a book written for children that tells the story of Open Source and Linux - About the values of the community and how it all begun. .::. Amichai Rotman Registered

Re: Children's Books about Linux?

2010-10-08 Thread sara fink
http://www.ogmaciel.com/?p=521 http://www.amazon.com/Hello-World-Computer-Programming-Beginners/dp/1933988495/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286548016&sr=1-1#reader_1933988495 http://www.amazon.com/Hello-World-Computer-Programming-Beginners/dp/1933988495/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286548016&s

Re: Children's Books about Linux?

2010-10-08 Thread Amichai Rotman
Can you at least think of a story line? Maybe I can pick it from there... .::. Amichai Rotman Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/] Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net] -

Re: Children's Books about Linux?

2010-10-08 Thread Ori Idan
2010/10/8 Amichai Rotman > Hi, > > Any of you aware of the existence of Linux children's books? > > I mean - those books with simple text and pretty pictures telling the story > of Linux for 4-5 year old kids. > > I'd like to teach my children the values of the community from an early > stage. >

Children's Books about Linux?

2010-10-08 Thread Amichai Rotman
Hi, Any of you aware of the existence of Linux children's books? I mean - those books with simple text and pretty pictures telling the story of Linux for 4-5 year old kids. I'd like to teach my children the values of the community from an early stage. I realize this thread will generate a lot o