bp> By "very much into tech" do you man command-line tech, or GUI? Either
 bp> way, Raspbian is a perfectly OK start. Depending on what they like
 bp> doing, you might consider other options, especially if either one likes
 bp> to tinker "under the hood".

Hmmm ... until I bought the PI's they were mostly itnto GUI tech, however
both do very well and enjoy STEM.  So we'll see how it goes.  I'm just
dipping my toes in the water of these type of systems to learn Linux and
their capabilities.  I "THINK" I'm getting the SLR kit for Fathers day, which
with my studies in other areas of commandline tech I'm taking online, my PI
may be relegated to UNTIL I have a bit more time to explore it's
capabilities.  If you have other suggestions for other options, my 12 year
old would very likely be interested, and he's hard to buy gifts for these
days other than tech.

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