Mastodawn

Feb 13, 2025

Hey #linux people and #developers, I need your advice.

My 8 year old son has fallen in love with this old laptop that honestly isn't useful for that much as the speed and wifi is so slow.

But he says he wants to learn how to code on it.

This brought me back to the days of GW-basic when I was a kid.

Is there something like gw or q basic for Linux. Something that would run on a 32 bit computer?

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Urzl

@codemonkeymike I dislike basic family languages, they never fit my brain well enough for me to be nostalgic about them.

Python or JavaScript would be my inclination. For all the flaws, an HTML doc with attached JavaScript is very near the sweet spot where you can do interesting things fast enough to keep it engaging instead of overwhelming.