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[–] SSNs4evr@leminal.space 14 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

I switched to Linux after my experience with Windows Millennium Edition. Many people have since referred to me as some sort of programming genius and hacker.....I don't know crap about any of that. I've simply followed instructions and referred to the help communities, whenever I've had trouble. Using the mainstream distributions (I'm guessing) has kept me from having much trouble.

I think my kids may benefit, as my wife only uses Mac, I have 2 Ubuntus and a Mint, and the kids use Chromebooks at school. We have 2 iPad and a Galaxy tab in the house. 1 kid has an Android phone and the other an iPhone. My wife and I both have flagship Android phones.

Sometimes it's fun to watch them debate over which systems they prefer, depending on the school projects they work on.

[–] clashorcrashman@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

It was VIsta for me!

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Mixed messages here: "I’ve simply followed instructions and referred to the help communities, whenever I’ve had trouble." Fellow human, those are the actions of a programming genius and hacker. The bar is remarkably low. A lot of people can't even read what it says on the screen.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Peoples' definition on programming is unclear.

I watched two people argue if Dennis Ritchie or Mark Zuckerberg is better at programming in comments on a youtube video about C.

And they are relatively tech-savy if they watch those videos.