[richk449]

Agreed. I've been trying to figure out what to give my son as a first computer. This would be a neat option.

If he wants to watch videos on youtube, he is going to have to code himself a browser first.

[tomsmeding]

If you can run youtube-dl (hint: written in python), you only need a video decoder and player. If pygame doesn't give you that, though, you're in for trouble big time, because video codecs are hard. :)

[slim]

also, he will need to type the whole program on the keyboard. like we did when we were kids copying tens of pages of basic from magazines.

[divbzero]

Any other ideas so far? I’ve mulled over this question of best first computer for children. The best I’ve come across so far is a plain Linux installation with no desktop environment and a text-based typing program.