• x3x3@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Did she intentionally use the word disclude to make linux autists mad?

  • dirtycrow@programming.devEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I suddenly vividly remember putting my mom’s Chromebook into developer mode and installing crouton on it so I could play Minecraft.

    • Camelbeard@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I used MS-DOS as a kid and installed Windows 98 when I was 12. Started to use Linux in my 20s.

      Granted I am old.

      • The_v@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Used DOS and an IBM Selectric II in highschool. Installed windows 3.1.1 in college. W95 at my first job. Upgraded to them all to W98, ME, 2000, 7, 8, 10, and 11

        Installed Linux the first time with Unbuntu Warty Warthog. Had the CD mailed to me.

        I still managed to fuck up GRUB today again… because I’m very talented apparently.

  • DicJacobus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I just want to point out that I was somewhat tech literate in the 2000s. and The Mac OS still scared me.

  • rockettaco37@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    My first experience with Linux was at 10 years old or so. I had a netbook that I’d installed Ubuntu on.

    Flash forward nearly 14 years and I use Arch as pretty much a daily driver these days.

  • markstos@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Run a second correlation on the incomes of these families and the tech literacy of their children and see what you find. I have a hypothesis.

  • Signtist@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I grew up with mac, but I was always so frustrated that I couldn’t play the games and run the programs my friends could on their computers. I finally bought my own PC in high school, and was so happy to have the control I always wanted. I haven’t switched to Linux yet, but at this point it’s inevitable; I’m just dragging my feet on figuring it out.

    • alekwithak@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Download VirtualBox, its free and open source. Download a few Linux isos, actual Linux isos, and fire them up in a VM to see what sticks out to you. People usually recommend Mint As a bridge from Windows, personally I’m liking PopOS a lot more than I thought I would. Both are based on Ubuntu which is ubiquitous. I hear a lot about immutable distros, but I haven’t ventured there yet. Point is you can figure it out for free and completely without hassle.

        • Novaling@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          3 months ago

          VMs are a good way to dip your toes, but honestly, doesn’t hurt to boot from a USB and try that way too. That’s how I checked of Fedora, which I stuck with and now dual boot with. I rarely go to my Windows partition unless there’s something I have to do that can’t be done on Linux.

          I don’t touch terminal often, and I use Fedora Silverblue, which is immutable, making it harder for me to fuck up my system somehow. I have used the rollback feature due to updates with the kernel breaking bluetooth, so there’s the bright side of rollback distros.

  • Crikeste@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    I grew up on Mac and only switched to Windows when I was 30. lol

    I still wonder what Linux is like… It’s probably cool.

  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I’m curious what her hypothesis is, I don’t think there is a correlation at all personally, seen a ton of people who know nothing about their computers regardless of Mac/Windows as their primary os.