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@simsa04 Since your nephew already uses #Scratch, you could start here: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/getting-started-scratch ... but I think he'll need a monitor first.
There are ways to set the Pi up "headless" and then use VNC to export a graphical desktop over a network, but I think most are pretty fiddly and prone to network DHCP changes that require unwanted effort to make it work again. Even so, if you wish to try this with your nephew, see https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/headless-raspberry-pi-setup
Both the RasPi 3 and the 4 have #Wi-Fi and #Ethernet on the model B versions, which are most common. So they can join a home network and even be used to create a hotspot for other computers and devices. ( See https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/setting-up-a-raspberry-pi-3-as-an-access-point/all )
Here are some others, but most seem to need more parts.
* https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/scratch-3d-science
https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/rpi-wire-loop-game-scratch
* https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/button-switch-scratch-pi
* https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/motor-robot-buggy-scratch
* https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/leds-buzzers-scratch-games
* https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/getting-started-with-mu
* https://itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-projects/ This is a list of 36 projects
Videos (English language, unfortunately):
* #Raspberry_Pi 3 Tutorial for Beginners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOjdExBUqAI This is about 45 minutes, but the first five minutes is just blahblah.
* Top 15 Raspberry Pi Project Ideas for Beginners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T4N_lHo7P4 This is very general and probably not very useful right now.
* Setup to Project in 20 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_8ZcPeaxcc This one says it covers how to "remotely control Raspberry pi with windows or mac", so that might be good.
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Installing #DietPi on a Raspberry Pi Zero W.
I dislike some of their defaults already:
1. Expects an Ethernet connection. To autostart Wi-Fi, you have to edit a couple of files (one to enable #Wi-Fi and disable #Ethernet, one to enter your Wi-Fi logon information). It should accept either connection by default and use a "wifi-config" program to set up the connection.
2. Defaults to hostname 'dietpi' instead of having you name your device as part of setup.
3. Apparently, 'root' and 'dietpi' users exist with same password ('dietpi') ... the change password step of the setup appears to give both accounts the same password.
4. This is common among nearly every GNU+Linux distro these days: I want my systems to use UTC timezone ... but where most distros use a 'locale' setting to set a local timezone, DietPi assumes I'm in London. It chose BST as the timezone.
The good.
1. There doesn't seem to be a lot of unnecessary junk installed. I'm using a 16GB microSD card, so I don't want anything that isn't needed for the chosen task.
2. Uses #Raspian / Raspberry Pi OS and #Debian repos along with its own, so most of what I might want to install is available.
3. DietPi-Survey is disabled by default.