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Tuxpaint is fun for kids and adults

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 4 comments
Linux.com; By Susan Linton
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My granddaughter has been sitting on my lap at the computer since before she could even hold herself up. She was only a few months old when she became interested in the mouse and began learning to place the cursor on the screen. A friend of mine laughed at us and stated that I'd "have her compiling kernels by the time she was three." Well, she's three years old now, and though she's not compiling kernels yet, she is having hours of fun on her own thanks to Tuxpaint.

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I didn't know that it is also available for Windows and OS X. The "tux" part threw me off. We do have it installed in OpenBSD, however. ...

I'll have to try the OS X build.
I installed it on a Windows XP box for my 5 year old son. He really liked it, although he used "Paint" for drawings. When my daughter got to about 3 years old, she really liked TuxPaint, particularly the "stamp pad" feature and the "magic wand".

Of course, this cost me a lot of toner and paper.
phsolide... that's a fine example of how Windows Vista could have saved you money - you would not have been able to get your printer working in it at all. I should work for getthefacts.com
Before I installed Tuxpaint (I have it in Debian Lenny, Ubuntu 8.04, OpenBSD 4.2 ...), I wondered if kids wouldn't be better off with the same paint program that "adults" use, but Tuxpaint is really fun.

Just like you say, the stamp pad, the magic wand, and a whole bunch of cool things for kids makes it a really fun, creative application that works for a wide range of ages.

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