I put linux on an old laptop for my kids to play with, but I want them to see me using it as well so it’s not just seen as a kids’ toy.
My plan was to browse the internet on it from time to time, but I don’t want to sign into anything like my emails on there.
I’ve just been completely at a loss to think ofthings to do on this laptop that aren’t Wikipedia, news websites, and search.
Is there anything else to do on the internet these days than login and doomscroll?
internet archive has tons of stuff to read, although some require you to make an account to borrow for an hour (you can keep borrowing it just does this to keep the feds away).
read AO3 because I am trash
You can pirate stuff
My plan was to also turn this laptop into the torrenting hub but the internet has become shoddy on it and disconnects all the time, requiring a restart.
My kids could have played around on GCompris and under the surface that laptop would be my own private Netflix. But alas
Omegle didn’t R.I.P.
The replacements do but oh well there’s always fake profiles. In general with the web, I can’t think of much that’s child friendly, that’s for sure…
I’ll ponder it and update:
- Read news/blogs
- Read some hobby forums
- File share
