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?
@codemonkeymike I was a QB expert in the 80s and 90s and promoted it widely as a great learning language for that time. It's still a great learning language for purely academic building of fundamentals, but soon your son will find it restrictive and not-quite-relevant, and support and community for QB is a diminishing niche.
I recommend he learns Python. A search for "coding for kids python" will bring up many links to start with. This will be a relevant skill with wide community and support.
Mike 
Brent Ashley