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<h2>Forget VTech, get an old laptop instead</h2>
<h3>2023-12-29</h3>
<p>I had the dubious joy of setting up a miserable low powered android excuse for a kids computer from VTech over christmas.</p>
<p>It's so low powered the slow reaction time made me believe it wasn't working for a while. The screen is tiny, the ergonomy crappy, and the software is gahh...</p>
<p>To give the kids something they could actually use without bringing tears to the kids and their parents, I set up an old laptop with Linux Mint Cinnamon.</p>
<p>A nice, easy, and quick installation.</p>
<p>I added Seb's <a href="/articles/2023/protecting-your-computer-with-a-hosts-file.html">IP hosts file</a>, and in Firefox, in addition to the basics (Ublock Origin,Decentraleyes,etc.) I set the search engine and default page to <a href="https://www.qwantjunior.com/">Qwant Junior</a>. I also added some bookmarks like <a href="https://www.webjunior.net/">WebJunior</a>.</p>
<p>With Mint's library of games and educational software, their mum can add more things later as required as only she has the root password.</p>
<p>For the same price of the VTech toy, you can get a refurbished Thinkpad X240 from Backmarket, set it up the same way, and actually have something useable.</p>
<p>UPDATE: The kid loves the old laptop, and the VTech ...thing has been relegated to the dustbin of Christmas past. Win!</p>
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