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‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 49 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Gen Z has terrible digital literacy already. Knowing how to scroll tiktok or whatever doesn't teach you what a file system even is.

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  • [+] -29 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Is it that important? All technology gets better to the point of it just working, and when it rarely doesn’t, you contact someone who does. My grandfather could build cars from parts alone. My father could do most maintenance repairs and knew enough to understand what the mechanic was telling him. I know what video games and entertainment have told me about cars, but have no clue about it in real life. It hasn’t mattered. Cars are so reliable, I can just have AAA if I get in a bind.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    It is. But in your defence at this point it only matters when something goes wrong. And that's getting pretty rare.

    I think it's why there's such a clear divide between people who "just use Linux" and those who don't. Modern computers hide almost all information that would let you figure stuff out on your own and Linux makes you figure stuff out like once a month.

    But all that means is that your choices are more and more limited. And it's how Microsoft is able to sneak such predatory practices into their OS. You can't go anywhere else

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I don’t really agree with that conclusion. Linux is as old as windows and it had ample time to gain market share. Most people don’t want to tinker. I’ve posted recently about trying Linux for the first time in over a decade and how much worse the Ubuntu experience was than a decade ago. Meanwhile windows has gotten far easier to install and get going.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Really. Because it is all bloatware, all the settings menu's are all over the place, things get jammed in your face ( Use this new thing we made so we can own you even more ) and other nonsense.

    A fresh install of Linux takes me far under 30 minutes. Most of them work out of the box.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I just installed windows 11 in 15 mins on a 5 year old laptop for donation. The one with Linux had an unusable trackpad with no sensitivity setting, and some sort of flat pack installer system that I gave up on mostly because of the trackpad not allowing me to scroll more than a page and a half at a time. U until was easier 15 years ago.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    There are computer science students these days who don't know what a file system is. Ponder that one for a moment

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I had to take a typing class in college. They can teach basics. It doesn’t take long to go over file systems.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    No it doesn't. But I do university IT and recently did a file restore for a comp sci student. Sent him the file path. Student replied "the link doesn't work what do I do with it?"

    Honestly I am so grateful gen z can't computer because my whole life I was worried they would replace me. Not a chance...

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