


He isn’t really at a stage where he wants to push his limits too far, I think, but yet also gets bored with the familiar. Lately, Jacob (now 5) hasn’t been spending much time with it. Instead of learning how to run an Xbox, he’s learned how to run bash. Especially considering that it is really not that hard. The looks of shock I get from people when I explain, as if it’s perfectly natural, that my child has been able to log in by himself to a Linux shell since age 3, are amusing and astounding. I’ve written extensively about what our boys like to do, and the delight they have at learning things on the command line. It’s command-line, and has provided lots of enjoyment off and on over the last couple of years. I installed Debian on it, but never put a GUI on the thing. Two years ago, Jacob (then 3) and I built his first computer together.
