How? I grew up with Windows, learned decent skills on that, probably as much as I would have on a Mac. The current mobile era stuff has put alot or control and grit away, for making things 'more accessible'.

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exmadscientist 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Windows would do just fine. But the state of cheap Windows laptops is abysmal, and Windows as a product is in the doghouse lately because... well, I honestly don't know why Microsoft is doing what they're doing, but from the outside they certainly do appear to want to ruin Windows.

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fragmede 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

These days it would be an iPad though.

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idontwantthis 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Or a chromebook which is probably worse.

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zamadatix 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Chromebooks themselves can actually be great machines for hacking (in the traditional sense, not the modern security/jailbreaking sense). E.g. https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en is arguably better than a direct typical Linux install because it's an isolated environment which won't break the main function of the device as you tinker.

As the page notes though, the real problem for kids is the devices are of course locked down:

> Important: If you use your Chromebook at work or school, you might not be able to use Linux. For more information, contact your administrator.

	▲	eru 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I mostly agree. Just one thing: > (in the traditional sense, not the modern security/jailbreaking sense) As far as I can tell, the two senses have pretty much always existed side by side. Nothing traditional vs modern about it.