I am contemplating buying my 9 year old granddaughter a new PC for Christmas. Presently, she has a fairly old PC and has been using Windows both at home and at school. (I hear cries of shame). She is of course familiar with Ubuntu when she uses my machine and it would be my intention to wean her onto Ubuntu on her new machine. Where I need advice is in selecting the best way to enable her to join in with her classmates, if and when she may need to, with regard to such things as educational games and suchlike which do not play on Linux.

I know of Wine and Crossover Office but neither of these appear to be what is needed. So, fellow Ubuntu users, what would you advise an old codger to do.