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Captain Ned wrote:Quelle surprise on the OP. If I find out you're RMS posting under an alias, there will be repercussions.
Thin Man wrote:I bought a couple of basic Fire tablets for my nephew's kids to use to play Free Time games. The 5yr old boy has pretty much mastered the thing and most of the games inside of 8 months. I have separate passwords for each tablet and it is only by religiously guarding him from seeing said passwords that has prevented him from making major mods to the system. he knows how to change accounts and how to enable or disable wifi. He knows what a browser is and which icon opens it.
The only thing he hasn't grasped is the fact that you can't open 12 games at once.
Redocbew wrote:Tell him he won't get another one if he can't fix it?
5 years old or not, modding stuff sometimes means breaking stuff.
Redocbew wrote:That's definitely how I learned.
If they can fix it, great. If not, they'll remember it for next time.
I say this not having any kids of my own. If it really was dead and the kid was bummed about it I'd probably just cave and buy him a new one anyway.
whm1974 wrote:Captain Ned wrote:Quelle surprise on the OP. If I find out you're RMS posting under an alias, there will be repercussions.
Well I'm not.
whm1974 wrote:Thin Man wrote:I bought a couple of basic Fire tablets for my nephew's kids to use to play Free Time games. The 5yr old boy has pretty much mastered the thing and most of the games inside of 8 months. I have separate passwords for each tablet and it is only by religiously guarding him from seeing said passwords that has prevented him from making major mods to the system. he knows how to change accounts and how to enable or disable wifi. He knows what a browser is and which icon opens it.
The only thing he hasn't grasped is the fact that you can't open 12 games at once.
So what would you do if he figured out the passwords and starts modding the tablets?
Redocbew wrote:Tell him he won't get another one if he can't fix it?
5 years old or not, modding stuff sometimes means breaking stuff.
Captain Ned wrote:I've got the 3rd-gen Heathkit alarm clock kit that needs a-buildin' so I needs me a solder station and some 63/37 eutectic (kit came with silver, which is far too high-temp stuff).
Captain Ned wrote:It'll be one more reason for SWMBO to shake her head and mutter as she passes by my "ofice".
whm1974 wrote:Thin Man wrote:I bought a couple of basic Fire tablets for my nephew's kids to use to play Free Time games. The 5yr old boy has pretty much mastered the thing and most of the games inside of 8 months. I have separate passwords for each tablet and it is only by religiously guarding him from seeing said passwords that has prevented him from making major mods to the system. he knows how to change accounts and how to enable or disable wifi. He knows what a browser is and which icon opens it.
The only thing he hasn't grasped is the fact that you can't open 12 games at once.
So what would you do if he figured out the passwords and starts modding the tablets?
just brew it! wrote:"Alexa, order Kester 6337."Captain Ned wrote:Your local Ace Hardware may still stock the real leaded stuff (they did last time I checked, but that was at least a couple of years ago). Failing that, it'll be time for you to place a Digi-Key order.I need some 63/37 eutectic.
End User wrote:Even if he was pretending to be someone else, RMS just wouldn't be able to resist calling it "GNU/Linux". OP is in the clear.whm1974 wrote:Captain Ned wrote:Quelle surprise on the OP. If I find out you're RMS posting under an alias, there will be repercussions.
Well I'm not.
Oh Richard, you cheeky devil.
notfred wrote:End User wrote:Even if he was pretending to be someone else, RMS just wouldn't be able to resist calling it "GNU/Linux". OP is in the clear.whm1974 wrote:Well I'm not.
Oh Richard, you cheeky devil.
notfred wrote:Even if he was pretending to be someone else, RMS just wouldn't be able to resist calling it "GNU/Linux". OP is in the clear.
whm1974 wrote:notfred wrote:End User wrote:Even if he was pretending to be someone else, RMS just wouldn't be able to resist calling it "GNU/Linux". OP is in the clear.Oh Richard, you cheeky devil.
And I would be saying "free software" instead of FOSS.
Vhalidictes wrote:notfred wrote:Even if he was pretending to be someone else, RMS just wouldn't be able to resist calling it "GNU/Linux". OP is in the clear.
I've always wondered... given how much time has passed, is there such a thing as GNU/Not_Linux? Does the GNU project have an actual kernel?
whm1974 wrote:Vhalidictes wrote:notfred wrote:Even if he was pretending to be someone else, RMS just wouldn't be able to resist calling it "GNU/Linux". OP is in the clear.
I've always wondered... given how much time has passed, is there such a thing as GNU/Not_Linux? Does the GNU project have an actual kernel?
I think they do but it is very Alpha... Of course you could also have GNU/BSD as well, although I don't how well that would work in practice...
whm1974 wrote:Vhalidictes wrote:notfred wrote:Even if he was pretending to be someone else, RMS just wouldn't be able to resist calling it "GNU/Linux". OP is in the clear.
I've always wondered... given how much time has passed, is there such a thing as GNU/Not_Linux? Does the GNU project have an actual kernel?
I think they do but it is very Alpha... Of course you could also have GNU/BSD as well, although I don't how well that would work in practice...
Vhalidictes wrote:notfred wrote:Even if he was pretending to be someone else, RMS just wouldn't be able to resist calling it "GNU/Linux". OP is in the clear.
I've always wondered... given how much time has passed, is there such a thing as GNU/Not_Linux? Does the GNU project have an actual kernel?
Thin Man wrote:Vhalidictes wrote:notfred wrote:Even if he was pretending to be someone else, RMS just wouldn't be able to resist calling it "GNU/Linux". OP is in the clear.
I've always wondered... given how much time has passed, is there such a thing as GNU/Not_Linux? Does the GNU project have an actual kernel?
GNU/Linux must adhere to Stallman's totally and completely free philosophy. No proprietary code at all. So anything with non-free code in it is not GNU/Linux. just Linux
whm1974 wrote:Thin Man wrote:Vhalidictes wrote:
I've always wondered... given how much time has passed, is there such a thing as GNU/Not_Linux? Does the GNU project have an actual kernel?
GNU/Linux must adhere to Stallman's totally and completely free philosophy. No proprietary code at all. So anything with non-free code in it is not GNU/Linux. just Linux
Since I'm using proprietary drivers and codecs and play proprietary games, than I cannot be RMS. ESR maybe, but not Stallman.
whm1974 wrote:I'm not sure if this goes here or in the Unix section, but I have having this really strange thought about that somewhere there a smart 8 or 9 y/o kid who has built a computer and has Linux running without any help from his or her parents. And said kid is better at doing both than I am.
Is this remotely possible?