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I second the "$200 ThinkPad and Ubuntu Linux" approach, s/either one/the kid's preference. Growing up in the land of Linux was a critical ingredient for me as a teenager growing into my modern developer-sysadmin-whatever myself. Plus, you can always tell them no matter how much they screw up the software, they can always just reinstall the whole thing from scratch.

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Thanks @hiAndrewQuinn. I want to design a process that is as resilient as possible. And, I 100% agree with you on the importance of growing up in a Linux/OSS environment. Anything is possible, as long as you give yourself the chance to learn a bit more and go a bit deeper. And, if something is missing, that's an opportunity to contribute and help thousands of other people. That's something!

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