Subj : Re: Pi for kids?
To   : MeaTLoTioN
From : The Godfather
Date : Tue Aug 25 2020 11:19:53

 Me> Hey dude, well I think Deon already has had some input into this
 Me> question, he's the resident Pi guru =)... I would say that you would
 Me> probably be best sticking to the OS that was made for it for now,
 Me> Raspbian, which is a version of debian for Raspberry Pi and ARM. I think
 Me> as stock it's pretty neat.

Ok, between you and Deon, done -- sticking with Raspbian for now.  I
think my new Pi4 8gb has a newer operating system, but we'll see once I
have time to get it up and running.

 Me> For the kid, I would definitely go RetroPi as you can put all the old rom
 Me> games on it and have an arcade machine. There are a few good videos on
 Me> youtubes showing you all about RetroPi, I'd recommend watching a few.

Hmm .. my kids and I would fight over the retro game time.  Both great
suggestions.  I'll watch some videos.  I'm assuming I can do the basic
Raspbian install and then install the retropi over or within?  I'm new
to Linux but from what Deon had wrote, sounds like I can create
containers within an existing environment.

 Me> Another cool project you might consider, is installing "pi-hole" which
 Me> is a network Advertising blocker. You would configure it as your
 Me> network's DHCP server and let that issue IP addresses out instead of
 Me> your router, but stock config once set as DHCP will block pretty much
 Me> any and all banner ads and video ads on anything that would use them. I
 Me> use pi-hole in a VM (as it can be installed on anything), and I love it.
 Me> I even patreon them as I believe in it so much.
 Me> 

I read up on this and it's on my checklist for sure.  I've been
hesitant as I don't want it blocking ports for my BBS, due to my lack
of experience with Linux.  But I love the idea of no add banners,
etc... I'm also wanting to host my designed webpage from one, but thats
an entire other project to learn on it's own.  Too much learning to do,
and not enough time (shrug).

-tG

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