• EndHD@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I agree. I had to explain to a younger family member today that when I say “open notepad”, I meant the application that’s been on every Windows version since they were born, not to Google “notepad”

    Gave me a crisis that people know so little of what would have been considered basic computer usage a while back.

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      1 year ago

      If it makes you feel better I gave my 16 year old daughter a laptop with a fresh Debian install and she’s figuring out things on her own without asking for help. Customizing it and making it do what she wants.

      I just thought she would watch YouTube videos on it and be content. Instead she’s talking about the nuance of installing programs on it, and how different it is from Windows.

      Not all hope is lost.