So what do you use instead of it?

Yes

Try Kubuntu.

Thank you :)

That does it. Thank you. 😀

Elisa, from kde

Yes but only to a certain level of complexity (only certain features of a modern language). It will be best to teach kids coding through games, or math puzzles. MIT scratch, python are my recommendations. It will be beneficial if they use a linux environment. (NOTE: Not an educator or had any experience teaching kids).