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Why Linux is Best for Most People (medium.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

When will people stop setting the bar for usability at “can be used be old people”? I’m 53, and I guess that makes me an old person, but I suspect I know more about computers than many so-called digital natives.

It is a bit silly indeed. Unix is actually older than you.

And I'm pretty sure that "digital natives" have much more problems understanding the technical depths of an OS because they've simply never had to deal with them. Instead they prefer the fuzzy feeling that having a megacorporation decide your every need provides.