A Kid’s review of Ubuntu
April 25th, 2009 | 
Author: Well, I have been reading reviews of Ubuntu by experts and geeks who have given their comments on various features of Ubuntu and what it has to offer. Here is one sincere review of Ubuntu by a child, who has just started to learn computers and has just passed out of first grade.
My niece playing Gcompris in Edubuntu
She is my niece and I bought her a new desktop so that she could be introduced to the world of computers. Earlier, I used to teach him to open folders and how to press enter form the keyboard with the help of my own laptop using Windows Vista. But lately, I was introduced to Ubuntu by one of my friends and I started thinking seriously about getting my niece a separate computer so that she could learn it freely.
Enjoying the games in Edubuntu
My intentions were to keep the budget low and I did not want to spend buying Windows so I introduced her to Ubuntu and downloaded the derivative Edubuntu so that she might learn something while playing games and other interactive features. She found it very creative and interesting and she spends around 1-2 hours daily playing those educational games and sometimes watching some videos. She has also learned how to start the computer and how to shut it down.
Browsing through files and folders in Edubuntu
When I asked her why she liked Edubuntu over Windows that I was teaching her through my own laptop, she said: “I do not know what you are talking about? I do not understand what is the difference between Ubuntu and Windows but yes, I like the games and activities that are there in Ubuntu. Does not Windows have it? Well if not, it should.”
The Ubuntu Child 
It was a fair answer from a child who does not know what an operating system is. She just liked the features that are there in Ubuntu. After I explored some features of Edubuntu including Gcompris and Edubuntu suite, I realized that my decision to go for Ubuntu was not wrong. She will enjoy while she learn.
She said she liked the sounds that accompany when she plays games that are not there in Windows. Moreover, she liked the penguins pretty much, which is of course a common feature of Linux distros. 
What more, I have given her an internet connection through a wi-fi card and she can now teach her father and mother who are not literate in computers. Apart from this, I give her some cartoons and pictures of her and her younger brother through networking. This all is going so well though I face problems dealing with different operating systems.
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April 26th, 2009 5:03 am
Kudos to you for caring so much for your niece. I’m also trying to show my family how nice Ubuntu is. I’m eagerly waiting for the next range of netbooks coming out with Jaunty so I can spoil my mom with one.
April 26th, 2009 5:30 am
Well, thanks! I am happy that you are looking to buy something for your mom–I wish all the success to you.
May 28th, 2009 2:46 pm
It seems like the reason she likes linux more than windows is that you’re exposing her to games on that platform and not on windows. I’m not a windows fanboy, I run linux on a webserver in my apartment. I’m also not an ubuntu fanboy.
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May 28th, 2009 9:37 pm
Well, yes. You are true that I am exposing her to that gaming platform, which is quite educational actually. I mentioned that I am using Edubuntu derivative for that system.
In Windows, you hardly find such a program and therefore she is liking Ubuntu more than Windows. She gets equal exposure to Windows and Ubuntu because I run my laptop on Windows Vista in the same room and she has learnt most of the commands from Windows itself.
I just wanted to try it whether children can start learning from Linux itself and it seems she could do it. I have taught some students in a school and there it was hard to think about Linux, but now I am fully confident that Linux can be initiated right from the start. Thanks for posting the comment though.