That would be wonderful! I got the opportunity to try Linux when I was like 5 (didn't know it was Linux) and even though I was already very interested in computers, I didn't know I was using Linux nor how capable it was.
It took time until I had my own laptop and could start learning new things, and only knowing about Linux from afar since I wasn't able to install it myself and didn't have any adults that could teach me, but you could be that person to this kid (if they're interested in the future ofc)!
Could you give more information?
Is it running in the same machine you want to search from?
Is it running in a container (and which network mode)?
Have you changed the configuration of SearXNG? I think the default URL was
localhost
in some settings (like thehostname
orbase_url
variables in bothsettings.yml
anddocker-compose.yml
).Also, it's been a while since I made SearXNG my default search engine, I used to use an extension since the Firefox way is less customizable.