Post #3055549

2025-12-26 02:29 UTC

@fschaap@mastodon.social I don't know why it surprises people that us old pharts should not be treated like children over computers. We have been using them since before some of you guys were born! Sure, not all of us worked in tech like I did, but if we were using Compuserve back in the day, the chances are we're not naive about stuff like the "enshitification of everything" and want better than Win 11. I talk to friends my age (80) all the time about Leenux and computers and stuff...and not trivial stuff. Load her up! She'll catch on.

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@realSiegfried@troet.cafe 2025-12-26 08:36

@demerara@social.vivaldi.net @fschaap@mastodon.social I often say to younger people: I am the generation, who made this internet great (dialing in with 600 bit/s, not even kbit/s). You will find code in Linux written by me. (But of course I am not up-to-date to everything anymore.)

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@Ashmire@pagan.plus 2025-12-27 06:22

@demerara@social.vivaldi.net @fschaap@mastodon.social Recently after decades of being told it would be too much trouble to let me switch to Linux, I Googled some instructions and installed Mint on my otherwise end-of-life PC. Suddenly, the sense of boredom and drudgery I'd begun to feel towards computers on that sad day in the '90s when I stopped being able to use Amiga just evaporated and now turning the thing on feels like Christmas morning every day. I can't even fully explain what's different, but it's just a whole lot better and I've started picking up HTML again, too.

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