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    [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

    Most normal people are nervous interacting with a GUI pop-up that gives them two options, never mind putting them into a terminal window where they could seriously fuck up their machine

    Maybe this is a problem that we should be addressing, rather than just making technology more of a black box, and raising generations of people who have no fucking concept of how any of it works.

    [–] NoFun4You@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

    Lots of people don't care enough to learn

    [–] oo1@lemmings.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

    Those that do probably don't go to linuxmemes though.

    [–] Exec@pawb.social 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

    and raising generations of people who have no fucking concept of how any of it works

    Only two generations were got to be technologically literate.

    [–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 0 points 4 weeks ago

    Greatest and Silent generations helped create computing, Boomers helped create important software such as DOS, Gen X and Millennials helped develop the Web, Gen Z is still going into computing and development jobs and Gen Alpha is too young to consider

    [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

    If you have a driver's license, do you know a car works besides the basic maintenance that is checking your oil and keeping the tires inflated? Some people don't even do that last one, while it's a thing you should check regularly.

    I think it's a good thing the general public is able to use a computer without knowing the inner workings, but it also shouldn't be obscured from them if they want to know/learn.

    [–] twinnie@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

    But this is the classic Linux user mentality; Linux shouldn’t get easier, users should get smarter.

    If computers can be easier to use then why should people instead sacrifice loads of time learning how to operate them? Most people have other things to be getting on with.

    [–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 4 weeks ago

    There's also many people who can't afford technology, you know?